화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.33, No.5, 1571-1589, May, 2016
DOI10.1007/s11814-015-0286-5  Export Citation
Increasing ethylene production as a high value hydrocarbon in Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor: A concept reactor for combining FT with oxidative coupling of methane
Abbas Ghareghashi, Farhad Shahraki, Kiyanoosh Razzaghi, Sattar Ghader1, †, and Mohammad Ali Torangi2
  • Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan 98164-161, Iran
  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
  • 2Faculty of Engineering, University of Golestan, Gorgan, Iran
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The paper proposes a concept configuration of reactors for coupling OCM and FTS, and presents systematic simulation results. FTS section is a combination of fixed bed and membrane fluidized bed reactor, and feed of the FT reactor is supplied by OCM. The reactor configuration is compared with the consecutive reactors of OCM and one fixed bed FT reactor. Effects of CH4/O2 ratio, percent of N2 in the feed, contact time, and input temperature on the yield of ethylene and valuable hydrocarbons are studied. The results show that compared with one FTS reactor configuration, the dual FTS reactor configuration is more effective and thus gives much higher product yields. Furthermore, a main decrease is observed in the formation of CO2 and CH4.
Keywords:Fischer-Tropsch (FT);Oxidative Coupling of Methane (OCM);C2H4 Yield;Fluidized Bed Reactor;Membrane Reactor
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