Investigation of inert gas injection in steam reforming of methane : energy

Synthesis gas manufacturing by steam reforming of hydrocarbons is an important industrial process. High endothermic nature of the process makes it one of the most cost and heat intensive processes. In the present work, composite effect of different inert gases on synthesis gas yield, feed gas conver...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Zahedi, Gholamreza, Riaz, Amjad, Farsi, Ali, Abdul Manan, Zainuddin
التنسيق: Conference or Workshop Item
اللغة:English
منشور في: 2011
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/45963/1/Investigation-of-Inert-Gas-Injection-in-Steam-Reforming-of-Methane-Energy.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/45963/
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المؤسسة: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
اللغة: English
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الملخص:Synthesis gas manufacturing by steam reforming of hydrocarbons is an important industrial process. High endothermic nature of the process makes it one of the most cost and heat intensive processes. In the present work, composite effect of different inert gases on synthesis gas yield, feed gas conversion and temperature distribution along the reactor length has been studied using a heterogeneous model. Mathematical model was developed as a first stage and validated against the existing process models. With the addition of inert gases, a higher yield of synthesis gas is observed. Simultaneously the rector outlet temperature drops to as low as 810 K. It was found that Xenon gives the highest yield and conversion while Helium gives the lowest temperature. Using Xenon inert gas 20 percent reduction in outlet temperature was observed compared to traditional case.