能源化学(英文) ›› 2010, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (6): 0-0.

• Articles •    

Modeling of Microreactor for Syngas Production by Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane

Alireza Behroozsarand1,Akbar Zamaniyan2,Hamid Mehdizadeh3,Hosein Ali Ghadirian   

  1. 1. Natural Gas Conversions Department Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI)-NIOC
    2. Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI)
    3. Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU
  • 收稿日期:2010-03-11 修回日期:2010-04-09 出版日期:2010-11-30 发布日期:2010-11-25
  • 通讯作者: Alireza Behroozsarand

Modeling of Microreactor for Syngas Production by Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane

  • Received:2010-03-11 Revised:2010-04-09 Online:2010-11-30 Published:2010-11-25
  • Contact: Alireza Behroozsarand

摘要:

关键词: Synthesis gas , Microchannel , Catalytic partial oxidation of methane , Reynolds number , Synthesis gas, Microchannel, Catalytic partial oxidation of methane, Reynolds number

Abstract: Fixed-bed reactors for the catalytic partial oxidation of methane (CPOM) to produce synthesis gas still pose hot spots problems. Microreactor is a good alternative reactor has been proposed to resolve these problems. In this paper, synthesis gas (hydrogen and carbon monoxide) production was investigated by a two-dimensional numerical model of single microchannel. CFD modeling with detailed chemistry was conducted to understand the CPOM on Platinum (Pt) catalyst. Gas inlet velocity, microchannel pressure, and fuel to air ratio (F/A) are selected as effective parameters on microchannel performance. Study results show that Reynolds number has considerable effect on methane conversion, hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio (H2/CO), and product distribution. Increasing gas inlet velocity causes that all above parameters are decreased. It is noted that increasing microchannel pressure and decreasing fuel to air ratio causes to decrease H2/CO ratio