In a packed bed, the production of methyl ethyl ketone by catalytic dehydrogenation of 2-butanol takes place in the gas phase according to the reaction given below. Reactants are fed to the reactor at a pressure of 100 kPa. The reactor is operated isothermally at 300 °C. The feed is pure 2-butanol and its molar flow is 150 kmol/h. For a conversion of 95% in this reactor, calculate the required bed volume, reactor diameter, reactor size, catalyst amount, reactor volume, and their corrected values, ignoring the pressure drop in the reactor.
Reaction: C4H10O -> C4H8O + H2; BM + H
B: 2-butanol, M: Methyl Ethyl Ketone, H: Hydrogen
PMP reaction rate expression: rp = mol/(1+KMPm)^2 kg-kat.h
where P, PM, and P are partial pressures.
Bulk Density: 1425 kg/m^3
Bed porosity (εg): 0.39 mol/(kg.cat.kPa)
T: Kelvin
Keq = 100^(1-T/1000) * exp(-10000/T) (T: Kelvin)
NOTE 1: If it is necessary to calculate numerical integration, calculate by taking the integration step interval as 0.05.
Note 2: Go to the solution by calculating the volumetric flow rate without assuming the L/D ratio.
