Abstract
Adsorption dynamics of chlorobenzene vapors on a 5% V2O5/Al2O3 catalyst has been investigated using the frontal chromatography technique. The uptakes of chlorobenzene have been measured as a function of vapor concentration and adsorption equilibrium has been found to follow formally the Langmuir isotherm. The breakthrough time proved to be a linear function of the column length as expected. Breakthrough profiles have been reported for different experimental conditions and quantitatively fitted by a reduced lumped diffusion model. This model provides an analytical solution that facilitates engineering calculations. Model parameters show complex behavior as functions of stream characteristics and depend on column length. When empirical expressions relating model mass transfer coefficients with influencing variables are found the model demonstrates good accuracy in predicting column performance.
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