Chapter 5: Isothermal Reactor Design: Conversion

Converting from Length (z) to Catalyst Weight (W):

Starting with this equation:

(1)

we begin by multiplying the top and bottom of the left-hand side of equation (1) by the same combination of constants (which is equivalent to multiplying equation (1) by one):

Since the product of

is constant, we can take it inside the derivative in the denominator to combine it with our length (z):

We'll convert from reactor length (z) as our dimension to catalyst weight (W) by making use of the equation for catalyst weight:

where:

Then:

With a little rearranging:

which we substitute into equation (1) to get:

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Chapter 5: Isothermal Reactor Design: Conversion

Converting from Length (z) to Catalyst Weight (W):