Kinetic study on the reaction between CO₂-CO and wustite using the isotope exchange method

Abstract

To investigate the reaction between CO₂-CO and wustite using the isotope exchange method at 1073, 1173, 1273, and 1373 K, the experiment apparatus was designed to simulate the fluidized bed. The chemical rate constant was estimated by considering the effect of gas phase mass transfer on the reaction. It is found that the chemical rate constant is inversely decreased with the increase in the ratio of CO₂/CO by volume. The activation energy of reaction is in a linear relationship with the ratio of CO₂/CO by volume, and the average activation energy is 155.37 kJ/mol.

Keywords

kinetics / isotope exchange / rate constants / wustite / activation energy

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