Toluene Alkylation with Equimolar Methanol at 400 kPa

to produce Styrene Monomer and Ethylbenzene

CH 7 8
+ CH3OH → CH 8 8
+ H 2O + H 2
toluene methanol styrene water hydrogen

CH 7 8
+ CH3OH → CH
8 10
+ H 2O
toluene methanol ethylbenzene water

Using Curve Fits

X - molar Y - molar X*Y X - X*Y

conversion yield

Member Inlet TL reacted SM formed SM formed EB formed Inlet

Symbol T, °C TL fed TL reacted TL fed TL fed T, °C

α 465 0.649 0.909 0.5899 0.0591 465

♠ 480 0.679 0.869 0.5901 0.0889 480
♥ 495 0.709 0.829 0.5878 0.1212 495
♣ 510 0.759 0.779 0.5913 0.1677 510
♦ 525 0.819 0.719 0.5889 0.2301 525
ω 540 0.879 0.659 0.5793 0.2997 540

% Deviation = (Exp

Inlet
T, °C
Toluene Conversion or Styrene Yield
Toluene Alkylation with Equimolar Methanol at 400 kPa
to produce Styrene Monomer and Ethylbenzene
1.000
Conversion
Polynomial
0.950 (Conversion)
Yield
Polynomial
(Yield)
0.900 f(x) = - 1.4286E-05x^2 + 1.1024E-02x - 1.1289E+00
R² = 9.9968E-01
f(x) = 2.1429E-05x^2 - 1.8450E-02x + 4.5952E+00
R² = 9.9894E-01
0.850

0.800

0.750

0.700

0.650

0.600
460 470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540
Temperarture, °C
 Toluene Alkylation with Equimolar Methanol at 400 kPa
to produce Styrene Monomer and Ethylbenzene
0.7000
Toluene Molar Conversion

0.6000
f(x) = - 3.9053E-09x^4 + 7.6877E-06x^3 - 5.6704E-03x^2 + 1.8573E+00x - 2.2737E+02
R² = 9.6199E-01

0.5000

0.4000

0.3000
f(x) = 2.5317E-05x^2 - 2.2256E-02x + 4.9354E+00
R² = 9.9952E-01

0.2000
To Styrene
Polynomial (To
Styrene)
0.1000 To Ethylbenzene
Polynomial (To
Ethylbenzene)

0.0000
460 470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540
Temperature, °C