The catalytic dehydrogenation of isobutane to isobutene in a palladium/silver composite membrane reactor

Using the kinetic data, the simulations gave good agreement with the fixed bed experiments, but over predicted the yields from the membrane reactor. Analysis of these results indicated that in the membrane reactor the hydrogen permeability of the membrane was much greater than its hydrogen transfer requirement and that the reaction rate was the determining factor for isobutene yield.