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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
Volume 60, Issue 37, Pages 13661-13673Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02387
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- King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) [SB191050]
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This paper investigates the performance analysis of the PdAu membrane in a packed bed reactor loaded with Ni-based catalysts in clean energy systems based on hydrogen fuels. A comparative analysis was conducted between methane steam reforming and prereformed naphtha. The study demonstrates that prereformed naphtha exhibits slightly better performance in terms of methane conversion and hydrogen yield under certain operational conditions, with lower energy consumption compared to steam methane reforming.
As climate change concerns grow, clean energy systems based on hydrogen fuels are receiving substantial attention. This paper presents the performance analysis of the PdAu membrane in a packed bed reactor loaded with Ni-based catalysts. A comparative analysis was conducted between methane steam reforming and prereformed naphtha at temperature and pressure ranges from 450 to 650 degrees C and 5 to 40 bar, respectively. A one-dimensional pseudo-homogeneous model was developed using Aspen Custom Modeler for a packed bed membrane reactor (MR) with catalysts packed between the membrane and the reactor shell. The developed mathematical model was used to study the effect of key operational parameters on the membrane performance such as concentration polarization, coadsorption inhibition, temperature, feed and permeate pressure, and membrane length and its thickness. The MR performance was measured by methane conversion, hydrogen recovery, and hydrogen yield. Prereformed naphtha shows slightly better performance in terms of methane conversion and hydrogen yield approaching 87 and 79%, respectively, under operational conditions of 650 degrees C and 40 bar as it is closer to the thermodynamic equilibrium. Also, it has lower energy consumption by 36.3% compared to the steam methane reforming conditions.
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