A Mathematic Model for Direct Causticization of Na2CO3 with TiO2 in a Semi‐batch Reactor |
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Authors: | Le Zeng Adriaan R. P. Van Heiningen |
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Abstract: | A mathematic model was developed for direct causticization of sodium carbonate with titanium dioxide in a semi‐batch reactor. The model predictions of the titanate yield and pentatitanate yield showed a reasonable agreement with the experimental data from a pilot‐scale fluidized bed operating in semi‐batch mode. The rate constant of the present model was generally consistent with those obtained from the small‐scale batch experiments in the literature. A new rate constant considering carbonate conversion to pentatitanate was introduced. All the results provided support that the solid‐state direct causticization of sodium carbonate with titanium dioxide in a semi‐batch fluidized bed follows the shrinking‐core diffusion model. |
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Keywords: | direct causticization shrinking‐core model sodium carbonate pentatitanate semi‐batch reactor |
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