Glycerol --> Acrolein + 2 water

The above reaction was investigated in CREG laboratory. The reference for the question is stated below. Please download and read the paper. Write a report based on the following questions:

Additional information:

• Reaction feed is glycerol aqueous solution (10 wt%).
• Reaction temperature T= 300 C.
• Reaction pressure P= 1 atm.
• For parts (a) to (f) catalyst has spherical pore geometry.
• Various pellet sizes (D₁=1x10^-6 m; D₂=25x10^-6 m; D₃=75x10^-6 m; D₄=150x10^-6 m; D₅= 300x10^-6 m).
• Reaction rate constant (k= 700 s^-1).
• The = 0.6 and =2.
• Quetion : If the reaction conversion is 98%, calculate the required weight of solid catalyst in a packed-bed reactor.