HYDROGENATION OF 1,5-CYCLOOCTADIENE IN A TRICKLE BED REACTOR ACCOMPANIED BY PHASE TRANSITION

This paper examined the evaporation and condensation of the reaction mixture within the trickle bed reactor during 1,5-cyclooctadiene hydrogenation. The aim of study has been to formulate a mathematical model of heat and mass transfer influenced the exothermic reaction of a volatile reaction mixture apt to evaporation by the reaction heat in the system which is often accompanied by a hot spot temperature formation in the reactor followed by the enhancement of undesirable side reactions and/or catalyst deactivation. The numerical solution of the proposed model agreed quite well with the experimental temperature profiles in the trickle bed reactor.