A study of steam methanol reforming in a microreactor
2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 173; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.04.038
ISSN1873-2755
AutoresJeong-Se Suh, Ming‐Tsang Lee, R. Greif, Costas P. Grigoropoulos,
Tópico(s)Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
ResumoSteam reforming of methanol is investigated numerically considering both heat and mass transfer of the species in a packed bed microreactor. The numerical results are shown to be in good agreement with experimental data [M.T. Lee, R. Greif, C.P. Grigoropoulos, H.G. Park, F.K. Hsu, J. Power Sources Transport in, 166 (2007) 194–201] with a BASF F3-01(CuO/ZnO/Al2O3) catalyst. A correlation for the conversion efficiency of methanol has been obtained as a function of the operating temperature and a dimensionless time parameter which represents the ratio of the characteristic time of the methanol flow to the time for chemical reaction. The results show that for the constant wall temperature condition the steam reforming process of methanol results in a nearly uniform temperature throughout the microreactor over the range of operating conditions.
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