APRIORI DESIGN OF A PHOTOREACTOR FOR THE CHLORINATION OF ETHANE

A three-dimensional radiation model coupled with two-dimensional mass balances for the intervening chemical species is solved for the photchemical chlorination of ethane. The analysis was carried out using the full mechanistic kinetic sequence and employing polychromatic radiation for a process conducted in a tubular reactor placed inside an elliptical reflector. Theoretical predictions are compared with bench-scale experiments and showed excellent agreement. Using the validated model, computational experiments were conducted to explore the influence of reactor design and operational parameters upon the degree of chlorination.