Temperature-Dependent Kinetic Equation for Catalytic Oxidation of Sulfur Dioxide

Abstract

Low-conversion and integral-conversion experiments were performed to investigate the rate of the catalytic oxidation of sulfur dioxide using two commercial vanadium pentoxide catalysts at temperatures from 450-580°C over a wide range of compositions. Temperature-dependent correlations were derived for each catalyst based on a new form of kinetic expression. These correlations fitted the data almost as accurately as the particular correlations derived for each temperature. A temperature-dependent relationship was also derived using the proposed kinetic expression for the poisoned catalyst data published by Ishii (I960).

Simulation and Optimization of an Adiabatic Multi‐Bed Catalytic Reactor for the Oxidation of SO2

“…(6) and Eq. (8)(9)(10)(11)(12) simultaneously, considering the stoichiometry of the reaction and the ratio of the effective diffusivity of O 2 and SO 3 , with respect to key component SO 2 .…”

“…Harris and Norman [10] and Livbjerg and Villadsen [11] have discussed some important intrinsic rate equations.…”