Cyclohexanol was passed over a catalyst to form water and cyclohexene:
Cyclohexanol→catalystWater+Cyclohexence It is suspected that the reaction may involve a dual-site mechanism, but it is not known for certain. It is believed that the adsorption equilibrium constant for cyclohexanol is around 1.0 and is roughly one or two orders of magnitude greater than the adsorption equilibrium constants for the other compounds. Using the data in Table P10-11B

a. Suggest a rate law and mechanism consistent with the data given here.
b. Determine the values of the rate-law parameters.
c. Why do you think estimates of the rate-law parameters were given?
d. For an entering molar flow rate of cychlohexanol of 10 mol/s at a partial pressure of 15 atm, what catalyst weight is necessary to achieve 85% conversion when the bulk density is 1500 gm/dm³?

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Run Reaction Rate (mol/dm s) x 105 Partial Pressure of Cyclohexanol (atm) Partial Pressure of Cyclohexene (atm) Partial Pressure of Steam (HO) (atm) 1 3.3 2 1.05 3 4 6 5 1.49 7 0.565 8 1.826 1.36 1.08 0.862 90 10 1.37 1 5 10 2 2 3 3 1 0 3 1 1 1 5 10 0 0 10 50 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 10 10 8 3