Catalytic Kinetics: ammonia_synthesis

Catalytic reaction kinetics data — activation energy, pre-exponential factors, rate expressions, selectivity, conversion, and deactivation rates for industrial catalytic processes

Chemical Engineeringreaction_id: ammonia_synthesis2 rows
reaction idcatalyst idactivation energy kJ mol (kJ/mol)catalyst nameconversion pct typical (%)deactivation rate hr (1/hr)equilibrium constant expressionnotespre exponential factorpre exponential unitspressure range barrate expressionrate law typereaction order forwardreaction stoichiometryspace velocity hrtemperature range C
ammonia_synthesisfe_promoted_haber162Fe-based Haber-Bosch promoted iron15-250.00001Keq = exp(11.28 - 3.19e4/T + 5.76e-3*T)Temkin-Pyzhev kinetics alpha=0.5; promoted with K2O Al2O3; N2 dissociative adsorption is RDS; Ea varies 100-170 kJ/mol depending on conditions17,690mol/kg_cat/s100-350r = k_f*(P_N2*(P_H2^3/P_NH3^2)^alpha - k_r*(P_NH3^2/P_H2^3)^(1-alpha))temkin_pyzhev0.5N2 + 3H2 ⇌ 2NH35000-30000350-550
ammonia_synthesisfe_promoted_nielson155Fe-based Nielson kinetic model18-220.000008Keq = exp(13.29 - 3.356e4/T)Nielson modification with explicit equilibrium approach; widely used in industrial reactor simulations23,400mol/kg_cat/s150-300r = k*(P_N2*P_H2^3/P_NH3^2)^0.5 * (1 - P_NH3^2/(Keq^2*P_N2*P_H2^3))temkin_pyzhev0.5N2 + 3H2 ⇌ 2NH38000-20000400-500

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