화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.20, No.4, 1779-1792, July, 2014
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2013.08.032  Export Citation
Modeling of synthesis gas and hydrogen production in a thermally coupling of steam and tri-reforming of methane with membranes
Hamid Rahnama, Mahdi Farniaei1, Mohsen Abbasi, and Mohammad Reza Rahimpour†
  • Chemical Engineering Department, School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71345, Iran
  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz 71555-313, Iran
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In this novel study, tri-reforming process was used as a heat source to proceed steam reforming of methane in a two membrane hydrogen perm-selective Pd/Ag thermally coupled reactor. Results illustrated that H2/CO ratio at the output of steam and tri-reforming sides reached to 6.1 and 0.9, respectively. Additionally the results showed that methane conversion at the output of steam and trireforming sides reached to 31% and 96%, respectively. By increasing the feed flow rate of tri-reforming side from 28,120 to 140,600 kmol h-1, methane conversion and H2 molar flow rate enhanced 40% and 28.64%, respectively.
Keywords:Thermally coupled reactor;Methane steam reforming;Methane tri-reforming;Synthesis gas;Hydrogen
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