KINETIC STUDIES OF N-HEXANE HYDROISOMERIZATION REACTION OVER ZEOLITES
The kinetics of the n-hexane hydroisomerization reaction over modified BEA type zeolites was studied. The experiments were carried out in a plug flow reactor in a wide range of temperatures of 450-600 K, pressures of 1-50 atm, mass feedstock flow rates of 0.2-4.0 h-1, molar ratios of hydrogen:n-hexane of 2.0-8.0 Based on the proposed mechanism for the multi-route reaction of hydroisomerization of n-hexane, a kinetic model of the reaction corresponding to this mechanism has been developed. Based on the results of the experimental data, the kinetic model constants and probability density parameters of the observational errors were estimated with the use of the maximum likelihood method. The adequacy of the kinetic model to the experimental data was proved.