@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3901, title = {Optimization of Reaction Rate Parameters in Modeling of Heavy Paraffins Dehydrogenation}, author = {Leila Vafajoo and Farhad Khorasheh and Mehrnoosh Hamzezadeh Nakhjavani and Moslem Fattahi}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {In the present study, a procedure was developed to determine the optimum reaction rate constants in generalized Arrhenius form and optimized through the Nelder-Mead method. For this purpose, a comprehensive mathematical model of a fixed bed reactor for dehydrogenation of heavy paraffins over Pt–Sn/Al2O3 catalyst was developed. Utilizing appropriate kinetic rate expressions for the main dehydrogenation reaction as well as side reactions and catalyst deactivation, a detailed model for the radial flow reactor was obtained. The reactor model composed of a set of partial differential equations (PDE), ordinary differential equations (ODE) as well as algebraic equations all of which were solved numerically to determine variations in components- concentrations in term of mole percents as a function of time and reactor radius. It was demonstrated that most significant variations observed at the entrance of the bed and the initial olefin production obtained was rather high. The aforementioned method utilized a direct-search optimization algorithm along with the numerical solution of the governing differential equations. The usefulness and validity of the method was demonstrated by comparing the predicted values of the kinetic constants using the proposed method with a series of experimental values reported in the literature for different systems.}, journal = {International Journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering}, volume = {5}, number = {7}, year = {2011}, pages = {579 - 583}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3901}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/55}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 55, 2011}, }