Cumene is an important chemical in the present industrial world and its uses are steadily
increasing. The process followed for the production of cumene is the catalytic alkylation of
benzene with propylene and now a days zeolite based catalysts are used in place of the
normal acid based catalysts due to added advantages. Cumene production process has been
greatly studied and the reaction mechanism and the reaction kinetics have been specified by
many researchers. Both experimental as well as computer based simulation and optimization
studies have been carried out by various researchers. The significant works of various
researchers which have been helpful in my project are described in brief below.