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    CHEMICAL REACTOR DESIGN FOR PROCESS PLANTS Volume Two: Case Studies and Design Data HOWARD F. RASE W. A. Cunningham Professor of Chemical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Original Illustrations by JAMES R. HOLMES Associate Professor of Engineering Graphics ‘The University of Texas at Austin A WILEY-INTERSCIENCE PUBLICATION JOHN WILEY & SONS, New York +» London + Sydney + Toronto CASE STUDY 104 Toluene Dealkylation THIS STUDY illustrates a case where pilot-plant data already indicate the temperature range for practical rates. Design calculations are made in this range in order to select a design basis. Problem Statement Design a poncatalytic reactor for producing 82,000 gal/day (25,000 Ib/hr) of benzene by thermal hydrodealkylation of toluene, Hydrogen is available from another unit at 600 psig and 80°F. Toluene feed will normally be essen- tially pure but can be contaminated with paraffinic hydrocarbons at times. Chemistry A number of possible reactions are reported in addition to the primary reaction (1). CoHsCH; +H, == CoH, + CHy These include hydrogenation of benzene ana toluene to cycloparaffins, hydrocracking of paraffins, and reaction of benzene and toluene to various diphenyls. A free-radical mechanism has been suggested (2). H, — 2H- H-+CoH;CH, ——> CH, +CsHs- H+ +C.H;CH, ——> C,H, + CH;: CH, +H, ——> CH,+H- 36 THERMODYNAMICS 37 CoHs' +H, —— C,H, +H- CoHs* + CsHe > Cy,Hyo + He CoHs* + CoHsCH; ——> CH, + CH): C.Hs: + CH, ——> C,H

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