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Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering Homework
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1) Pillard clay catalyst taes up N2 at 78 K .
Amount
adsorbed
(g/gsolidx102)
7,63
8,75
9,05
9,46
10
11
9,6
9,1
7,95
7,19

P(torr)
21,1
130,9
195
287,2
422,4
490,3
276,6
159
31,8
9,4

To determine the isotherm of this adsorption , Amount absorbed versus

P/Po is plotted.
Po value is taken as the first value of pressure which is 21.1 Torr. So the
values will be :
Amount
adsorbed
(g/g-solidx102)
8,75
9,05
9,46
10
11
9,6
9,1
7,95
7,19

P/Po

6,204
9,242
13,61
20,02
23,24
13,11
7,536
1,507
0,445

0.12
0.1
0.08
Amount absorbed

0.06
0.04
0.02
0
0

10

15

20

25

P/Po

Figure shows the N2 adsorption isotherm for the pillard clay catalyst at 78
K. The curve corresponds to Type IV isotherm that there actually are
meseporous solids. But at low relative pressures curve shows Type I
(Langmuir) isotherm, this sharp decline corresponds to micropores. These
different step of adsorption could be dure to different size of clay catalysts
in pillars.
2) Adsorption of CO on Ca2+ exchanged zeolite Y ; isosteric heat of adsorption

T=273
Amount
adsorbed(m
3
/g)

T=290,3
Amount
adsorbed(m
3
/g)

T=304,4
Amount
adsorbed(m3
/g)
0,0000286
0,00008
0,0002476
0,0008

T=322,6
Amount
adsorbed(m3
/g)
0,0000914
0,0002476
0,0006857

According to
these data , P
vs Amount
0,05
adsorbed
0,1
values are
0,0000152
0,00004
0,2
plotted to
0,0000342
0,0001
0,4
determine
0,0001162
0,000356
0,6
the equal
0,0003105
0,000834
coverage
value of these different temperature values for isosteric heat of adsorption.

0
0
0
0
0
Amount adsorbed 0

273
290,3

304,4

322,6

0
0
0

0.01

P(mmHg)

According to the figure for the volume value of 0,0001 m 3/g , pressure
values are determined for different temperatures.
T (K)

322,6
304,4
290,3
273

P
(mmH
g)
0,000
4
0,000
9
0,001
5
0,002
9

sosteric heat of adsorption

1/T

lnP

-7,824

0,0031

-7,013

0,0033

-6,502

0,0034

-5,843

0,0037

q= -m R

m is the slope of Arhenius plot, and R is the universal gas constant which is
62,63x10-3 m3 mm Hg/mol.K .
For Arhenius plot 1/T vs lnP graph is plotted.

0
0
-1

-2
-3
lnP

-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9
1/T

The equation of the line is y=3481,2x-18,53 . So the slope of graph

-3481,2 equals to m value.
q = - (3481,2)x(62,63)x(10-3)
q = -218,28.