Effect of Catalytic Hydrogen Combustion on Dehydration in a Membrane Reactor. III. Calculation of the Industrial Reactor
E. V. Shelepova1, A. A. Vedyagin1,2, A. S. Noskov1
1Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia 2Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, 634050 Russia
Keywords: горение водорода, дегидрирование пропана, термодинамически сопряженные процессы, промышленный мембранный реактор, математическое моделирование, hydrogen combustion, propane dehydrogenation, thermodynamically conjugated processes, industrial membrane reactor, mathematical simulation
Abstract
This paper describes the mathematical simulation of an industrial membrane reactor for propane dehydrogenation in the thermodynamic conjugation with hydrogen combustion (oxidation). Due to the effective removal of hydrogen through a membrane and the heat release as a result of an exothermic reaction, the temperature of the reaction stream at the inlet could be reduced to 500 gr. The fact that the process is carried out on an industrial-level membrane reactor makes it possible to reach a propane conversion of 75% with a propylene selectivity of 97%, which exceeds the figures obtained per pass in existing industrial device at higher temperatures.
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