Review on the Macro-Transport Processes Theory for Irregular Pores able to Perform Catalytic Reactions
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
In this work, the authors theoretically investigated how volume and surface diffusion processes are affected by adsorption and desorption processes, as well as by catalytic conversion within the space defined by the irregular geometry of the pores in a material. The author claims the pair of equations they derived, Eq (16) and (29), allows to establish the analytical expression of two coefficients widely used in the industry to determine the efficiency of chemical reactors, the mass transfer coefficient and the effectiveness factor, both of them depending on the constriction and tortuosity of the pore. They also explained how surface diffusion increases the effectiveness of catalysis.
The material of this article is interesting and important. The article can be accepted after the authors polish the language and some details.
Author Response
We acknowledge the Reviewer for taking time in revising our manuscript and for her/his positive comments. Here enclosed please find the corrections to the manuscript.
We have performed all the changes suggested by Reviewer 2 and revised all the manuscript to improve redaction, as suggested by Reviewer 1.
Corrections: All the corrections are marked in blue color in the new version of the manuscript.
a) All dimensions of the quantities involved were written according the the suggestion of Reviewer 2
Lines: 83, 85, above Eq. (2), 88, 101, 148, above Eq. (18), above Eq. (27), 208
b) In the abstract: We improved the redaction of several sentences in the abstract
Lines: 1, 2, 4 and 5-6.
c) Line 38: We substituted “kind” by “type”
d) Line 298: We substituted “In this terms, the conservative arguments for obtaining the constriction factor δ ”
by
“In these terms, the conservation principles used for obtaining the constriction factor δ”
We hope that now the manuscript is suitable to be published in Catalysts. Sincerely yours, Ivan Santamaría Holek
Reviewer 2 Report
The review from Dr Iván Santamaría-Holek and co-workers review on the macro-transport processes theory for irregular pores to perform catalytic reactions. I should note that this review was appropriately written and will be interesting to readers in the field. Therefore, I recommend acceptance of the manuscript after minor revision based on the following comments:
1. Line 148: not clear with the unit ‘mol/cm3·s’. Suggest to rewrite as ‘mol·cm-3·s-1’
2. Line 162 and last line of page 7: typo error of ‘cylindrical’
3. Line 189: grammatical error ‘increase’
Author Response
We acknowledge the Reviewer for taking time in revising our manuscript and for her/his positive comments. Here enclosed please find the corrections to the manuscript.
We have performed all the changes suggested by Reviewer 2 and revised all the manuscript to improve redaction, as suggested by Reviewer 1.
Corrections: All the corrections are marked in blue color in the new version of the manuscript.
a) All dimensions of the quantities involved were written according the the suggestion of Reviewer 2
Lines: 83, 85, above Eq. (2), 88, 101, 148, above Eq. (18), above Eq. (27), 208
b) In the abstract: We improved the redaction of several sentences in the abstract
Lines: 1, 2, 4 and 5-6.
c) Line 38: We substituted “kind” by “type”
d) Line 298: We substituted “In this terms, the conservative arguments for obtaining the constriction factor δ ”
by
“In these terms, the conservation principles used for obtaining the constriction factor δ”
We hope that now the manuscript is suitable to be published in Catalysts. Sincerely yours, Ivan Santamaría Holek
