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On the temperature control in a microstructured packed bed reactor for methanation of CO/CO 2 mixtures
Author(s) -
Belimov Michael,
Metzger David,
Pfeifer Peter
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.15461
Subject(s) - microreactor , methanation , syngas , exothermic reaction , packed bed , chemical engineering , mass transfer , methane , heat transfer , nuclear engineering , temperature control , work (physics) , process engineering , materials science , hydrogen , thermodynamics , chemistry , catalysis , mechanical engineering , engineering , organic chemistry , chromatography , physics
Microreactor technology is widely used for process intensification and is essential for fast and strongly exothermic reactions exhibiting mass and heat transfer limitations. In the scope of the MINERVE Power‐to‐Gas project, sponsored by KIC InnoEnergy from 2012 to 2015, a micro packed bed reactor was developed for conversion of syngas containing CO 2 into methane. This work focuses on heat removal and temperature control in a manufactured device using syngas throughputs less than 1.4 Nm 3 /h (10% CO, 7% CO 2 , H 2 /C = 4) while examining the cooling potential of different cooling fluids, e.g., air, steam and water. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J , 63: 120–129, 2017