کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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172378 | 458540 | 2014 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• We model a propane dehydrogenation microreactor for propylene production.
• We examine the dependence of productivity on Reynolds, temperature, and pressure.
• Productivity has a parabolic behavior against temperature.
• At high pressure dehydrogenation rate tends to be faster than combustion reactions.
• Highest productivity occurs at 500 K, Re 1, C3H8/O2 = 2 and 1.5 bar.
A model of a microreactor was proposed to analyze the production of propylene by the propane dehydrogenation using a catalytic surface of V2O5/TiO2 doped with Rb. The reactor is a 50 mm length tube of 2 mm diameter whose wall is a catalytic surface, modeled using finite volume method in cylindrical coordinates over a tangential plane. Dehydrogenation kinetics is reported by Grabowski (2004). First, a mesh independence analysis was done to assure the adequate cell size. Second, a parametric analysis changing Reynolds number at different temperatures and propane-oxygen relations was done to find the Reynolds range to effectively use the reactor length (Re from 1 to 10). Then at the later Reynolds interval a parametric analysis involving temperature and composition was done to create productivity surfaces to find the highest productivity operation conditions. Finally, an analysis varying pressure at the maximum productivity conditions (Re = 1, T = 500 K, C3H8/O2 = 2) was developed.
Journal: Computers & Chemical Engineering - Volume 67, 4 August 2014, Pages 26–32