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Application of neural network to estimation of catalyst deactivation in methanol conversion
- Source :
- Catalysis Today. 97:41-47
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2004.
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Abstract
- The neural network was applied to the estimation of catalyst deactivation by taking, as an example, methanol conversion into hydrocarbons over ion-exchanged dealuminated mordenites. In the first series, it was attempted to estimate the deactivation rate constant, kd defined in −dA/dt = kdA where A is the degree of conversion, from the amount of strong acid sites and the catalyst composition such as the Si/Al ratio and the degree of ion exchange. The estimated rate constant agreed well in most cases with the experimentally obtained constant. The most serious exception was Ba ion-exchanged dealuminated mordenite which experimentally exhibited the slowest deactivation. Better agreement was obtained when the first-order reaction rate constant was used as A in the above equation instead of the degree of conversion. In the second series, it was shown that the neural network has a strong ability to extrapolate the catalyst decay curve even without knowing catalyst composition and properties, especially when the first-order reaction rate constant was used to represent the catalyst activity. All of these results clearly demonstrate that the neural network is a powerful tool to estimate the deactivation behaviour of catalysts.
Details
- ISSN :
- 09205861
- Volume :
- 97
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Catalysis Today
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1dbc6a12540e47f7d469e5dc1122b3c3