Abstract:
The conditions for enhancing the performance of a porous catalyst granule with a controlled
activity profile are investigated for a catalytic reaction with Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics. The
nonisothermal reaction and diffusion in the pellets with spherical, cylindrical, and planar shapes are
studied, considering the presence of external mass and heat transfer resistances. The objectives of
this paper are to investigate the influence of kinetic parameters on the productivity of the catalyst
pellet, to find the optimal distribution of active catalyst in a porous pellet in the quasi-steady-state
nonisothermal reactions, and to determine the main trends and dependencies by varying the
parameters, such as Biot numbers, Thiele modulus, etc