KINETICS OF THE GAS-PHASE PHOTOCHLORINATION OF DICHLOROMETHANE IN A TUBULAR PHOTOREACTOR.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.53.854

The kinetics were studied with due consideration taken of the radial variation in light intensity across the reactor and with the proper selection of kinetic equations, including the recombination of dichloromethyl radicals as the dominant termination step. The dependence of the absorbed radiant energy on the chlorine concentration was well simulated by the use of the radial-light and line-source model. The predominance of the observed production rate of hydrogen chloride over that of chloroform was also reproduced well by the appropriately selected kinetic expressions, without any use of the long-chain approximation. This work is pertinent to photochemical reactor design.