Modeling and simulation of methane dry reforming in direct-contact bubble reactor

Khalid Al-Ali, Satoshi Kodama, Hidetoshi Sekiguchi

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Abstract

Modeling and simulation of the reforming behavior of a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide in a direct-contact bubble reactor (DCBR) was described. The endothermic catalytic reaction obeys the kinetics of the methane dry reforming in a direct-contact bubble reaction system containing an active catalyst, i.e., Ni-Al2O3 catalyst and molten salt mixture system. The reforming process was simulated, using commercial software for chemical kinetics, for a single reactor model, to examine a kinetic model based on the postulated heterogeneous reaction mechanism, in the temperature range 600-900°C, at 1atm. The simulated data were evaluated and validated with the measured data from a laboratory reformer. The catalyst activity in the DCBR was characterized using a catalyst-bubble contact model, in terms of the total-catalytic active surface area. We used the detailed simulation studies to identify the essential characteristics of the reaction mechanism in a DCBR.

Original languageBritish English
Pages (from-to)45-55
Number of pages11
JournalSolar Energy
Volume102
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2014

Keywords

  • Direct-contact bubble reactor
  • Hydrogen production
  • Methane dry reforming
  • Modeling
  • Simulation
  • Solar reformer

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