Acquiring real kinetics of reactions in inhibitory atmosphere containing
product gases using micro fluidized bed
Abstract
The study proposed an isotopes-tagging method for investigation of
reactions under the atmosphere of product gas. To illustrate this
method, the calcination kinetics of calcium carbonate Ca13CO3 in CO2
atmospheres were investigated by monitoring 13CO2 produced using a micro
fluidized bed reaction analyzer (MFBRA). The results demonstrated that
the presence of CO2 in the reaction atmosphere increases the apparent
activation energy. The increase in the apparent activation energy is,
however, significantly overestimated by the TGA because of the excessive
suppression by stagnated product gas inside the sample crucible.
Comparatively, the results from the MFBRA are due primarily to the
thermal equilibrium limitation, because the gas diffusion in the MFBRA
is essentially eliminated. It is thus concluded that the MFBRA is quite
capable of acquiring the real kinetics of reactions in such inhibitory
atmospheres. atmosphere.