Name
Address
Professor Anis Hamza Fakeeha
Office: 2B 62
Tel: 00966-1-467-6847
Email: anishf @ksu.edu.sa
PO Box 800, King Saud University
Riyadh 11421 , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Title
Sensitivity analysis for oxydehydrogenation of ethane in fixed bed reactor
Author-s
Fakeeha, A.H. Al-Zeghayer, Y.S.,Soliman, M.A.
Department
Major
citation
Year of
Publication
Publisher
Sponsor
Type of
Publication
ISSN
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Afinidad: Volume 56, Issue 484, Pages 369-376
1999
Elsevier Science B.V
Article
00019704
URI/DOI
Full Text
(Yes,No)
Key words
Yes
Abstract
Oxydehydrogenation reaction of ethane into ethylene is underdevelopment as another route
for ethane production by thermal cracking of hydrocarbons process that takes place at high
temperature and requires an expensive separation operation due to formation of many byproducts. Exploring the effect of operating parameters on the performance of multitubular
fixed bed reactor using oxydehydrogenation of ethane process is carried out by the
development of a simple one dimensional homogeneous model to get global view on
obtained conversion, selectivity and yield out of this process. The simulation study is then
carried out using the following operating parameters: temperature, pressure, oxygen, water
and ethylene mole fractions in the feed. Mild oxidation products yields (ethylene and acetic
acid) can be increased by increasing pressure, oxygen, ethylene and addition of steam.
Lower temperatures favor mild oxidation products at the expense of the size of the reactor.
Ethane; Ethylene; Fixed bed reactor; Modeling; Sensitivity analysis; Simulation