Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1272905 | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2010 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Hydrogen production via oxidative steam reforming of ethanol in a dense tubular membrane reactor (DMR) is sequentially simulated with ASPEN PLUS. The DMR is divided into multi-sub-reactors, and the Gibbs free energy minimization sub-model in ASPEN PLUS is employed to simulate the oxidative steam reforming of ethanol process in the sub-reactors. A FORTRAN sub-routine is integrated into ASPEN PLUS to simulate the oxygen permeation through membranes in the sub-separators. The simulation result indicates that there is an optimal length of the tubular membrane reactor at the operating temperature and steam-to-ethanol (H2O/EtOH) ratio, under which hydrogen and carbon monoxide formation reach their maxima.
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Authors
Yun Jin, Zebao Rui, Ye Tian, Yuesheng Lin, Yongdan Li,