Kinetic models describing coke oxidation were derived for purposes of designing a catalyst regeneration unit and to gain information on coke oxidation kinetics. The coke was formed during an alkene skeletal isomerization reaction on a ferrierite catalyst. Experiments were performed according to the temperature-programmed oxidation technique at several oxygen concentrations and heating rates. The parameters of the models were estimated by nonlinear regression. A power-law model with parametrized order of oxygen concentration described the experimental results adequately. Three other successful models, which were based on assumed reaction mechanisms, shared two main characteristics: the formation of a reactive oxygen intermediate in a fast equilibrium reaction, and the formation of CO and CO 2 from one or more common precursors. All estimated parameters of the models were in a physically meaningful range.
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