Role of Periodic Input Composition and Sweeping Gas for Improvement of Hydrogen Production in a Palladium Membrane Reactor by Partial Oxidation of Methane

Abstract

Abstract: The partial oxidation of methane under periodic operation over Ni/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst was investigated in a Pd-membrane reactor.The effects of key parameters such as the inlet composition and the sweeping gas on methane conversion and the hydrogen recovery are numerically established with two periodic input functions.In order to analyze the effect of the inputs modulation,the reaction was performed under low steam to methane ratio at a moderate temperature and pressure.It was obtained that to achieve process intensification is to operate the process in a periodic way.The main results show that the periodic input functions can improve the performance of the process compared to the optimal steady state operation.Moreover,there is an optimum amplitude of manipulated inputs leads to a maximum of hydrogen recovery.It is noteworthy that the comparison between the predicted performance via the sinusoidal and the square ways show that the better average performance was obtained with the square way.

Key words: hydrogen production, modulation, periodic operation, Pd-membrane reactor

摘要： The partial oxidation of methane under periodic operation over Ni/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst was investigated in a Pd-membrane reactor.The effects of key parameters such as the inlet composition and the sweeping gas on methane conversion and the hydrogen recovery are numerically established with two periodic input functions.In order to analyze the effect of the inputs modulation,the reaction was performed under low steam to methane ratio at a moderate temperature and pressure.It was obtained that to achieve process intensification is to operate the process in a periodic way.The main results show that the periodic input functions can improve the performance of the process compared to the optimal steady state operation.Moreover,there is an optimum amplitude of manipulated inputs leads to a maximum of hydrogen recovery.It is noteworthy that the comparison between the predicted performance via the sinusoidal and the square ways show that the better average performance was obtained with the square way.

关键词: hydrogen production, modulation, periodic operation, Pd-membrane reactor

Lemnouer Chibane, Brahim Djellouli. Role of Periodic Input Composition and Sweeping Gas for Improvement of Hydrogen Production in a Palladium Membrane Reactor by Partial Oxidation of Methane[J]. , 2012, 20(3): 577-588.

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