THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO FIND THE EFFECTIVENESS FACTOR OF THE CATALYST PARTICLES FOR THE MOST FAVORABLE CONDITIONS OF THE PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE PRODUCTION IN A FIXED BED REACTOR, WITH THE AIM OF ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST RATE OF PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE PRODUCTION COMPARED TO OTHER SECONDARY PRODUCTS AND ANALYZING THE AREAS OF LOWER EFFECTIVENESS FOR THE MODIFICATION OF THE REACTOR DESIGN. INITIALLY, THE MATERIAL AND THE ENERGY BALANCES IN THE CATALYTIC BED ARE SOLVED TO OBTAIN THE CONCENTRATION AND TEMPERATURE PROFILES BASED ON THE RADIUS AND LENGTH OF THE REACTOR, USING POLYMATH SOFTWARE(POLYMATH® V6.2 SOFTWARE MINITAB 19 MATLAB 2019) WITH THE DATA FROM LITERATURE. ONCE THE PROFILES REPRODUCIBILITY WAS VERIFIED USING THE INITIAL DATA (INLET TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE IN THE REACTOR, REACTOR WALL TEMPERATURE, REACTOR RADIUS AND MASS FLOW RATE) THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN 35 CARRY OUT, WHICH GENE...

The objective of this research is to find the effectiveness factor of the catalyst particles for the most favorable conditions of the phthalic anhydride production in a fixed bed reactor, with the aim of achieving the highest rate of phthalic anhydride production compared to other secondary products and analyzing the areas of lower effectiveness for the modification of the reactor design. Initially, the material and the energy balances in the catalytic bed are solved to obtain the concentration and temperature profiles based on the radius and length of the reactor, using polymath software(Polymath® v6.2 Software Minitab 19 Matlab 2019) with the data from literature. Once the profiles reproducibility was verified using the initial data (inlet temperature, pressure in the reactor, reactor wall temperature, reactor radius and mass flow rate) the experimental design 35 carry out, which gene...