Modeling and simulation of a nonisothermal catalytic membrane reactor

被引:30
作者
Tsai, CY [1 ]
Ma, YH [1 ]
Moser, WR [1 ]
Dixon, AG [1 ]
机构
[1] Worcester Polytech Inst, Dept Chem Engn, Ctr Inorgan Membrane Studies, Worcester, MA 01609 USA
关键词
perovskite membrane; dense oxide membrane; catalytic membrane reactor; methane oxyreforming; synthesis gas; nonisothermal mathematical model;
D O I
10.1080/00986449508936326
中图分类号
TQ [化学工业];
学科分类号
0817 ;
摘要
A two-dimensional nonisothermal mathematical model has been developed to simulate a tube-and-shell configuration, catalytic membrane reactor. The three-layer membrane consists of an inert large-pore support, an O-2-semipermeable dense perovskite layer and a porous catalytic layer. The model is applied to the simulation of the partial oxidation of methane to syngas (oxyreforming). The membrane reactor simultaneously supplies oxygen to the catalytic reaction along the reactor length, and separates oxygen from the air feed, using a dense perovskite layer which is a mixed conductor, thus allowing rapid oxygen permeation without the use of an external circuit. Two configurations of catalytic membrane reactors are simulated, for both bench-scale and industrial-scale conditions. Comparisons are made to the conventional fixed-bed reactor, and to membrane reactors which are isothermal, adiabatic or wall-cooled. The simulation results imply that the temperature rise in exothermic partial oxidation reactions may be mitigated substantially by the use of a dense membrane reactor.
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页码:107 / 132
页数:26
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