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Catalytic heat exchangers for industrial applications. Final report; Katalytiska vaermevaexlare foer industriella tillaempningar; Slutrapport

Abstract

Purpose of the study was to investigate theoretical and technical conditions for catalytic combustion in combination with simultaneous heat exchange and to investigate market potential for catalytic heat exchange burners. Design of catalytic heat exchanger is based on both theoretical and practical experience. Function of the burner has been evaluated in dynamic computer simulation programs and by practical experiments. The performance of a catalytic heat exchanger, based on theoretical calculations, is presented in the present study. Burner construction is based on heat exchange sections, each of which produces a certain amount of heat. Different effect output levels can be obtained by combination of a number of heat exchange sections. Combustion reactions are dominated by mass transfer limitations. This observation has been confirmed by theoretical calculations and practical experiments. The properties of a catalytic heat exchanger with an effect output of 100 kW has been investigated by a computer simulation program. The maximum catalyst temperature was about 1100 degrees C and the turnover for the reaction was about 95%. The conclusions from the simulation experiments are that there are a number of different factors which can be changed in order to effect the combustion reactions and the heat flow characteristics in  More>>
Authors:
Ahlstroem-Silversand, F; Hargitai, T [1] 
  1. Katator AB, Lund (Sweden)
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1994
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
SVF-496
Reference Number:
SCA: 420400; 320304; PA: SWD-94:007116; EDB-94:064941; NTS-94:013974; SN: 94001180152
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jan 1994
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; CATALYSTS; INDUSTRY; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC COMBUSTORS; BURNERS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; 420400; 320304; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; WASTE HEAT RECOVERY AND UTILIZATION
OSTI ID:
10143389
Research Organizations:
Stiftelsen foer Vaermeteknisk Forskning, Stockholm (Sweden)
Country of Origin:
Sweden
Language:
Swedish
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0282-3772; Other: ON: DE94756512; TRN: SE9407116
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS
Submitting Site:
SWD
Size:
142 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Ahlstroem-Silversand, F, and Hargitai, T. Catalytic heat exchangers for industrial applications. Final report; Katalytiska vaermevaexlare foer industriella tillaempningar; Slutrapport. Sweden: N. p., 1994. Web.
Ahlstroem-Silversand, F, & Hargitai, T. Catalytic heat exchangers for industrial applications. Final report; Katalytiska vaermevaexlare foer industriella tillaempningar; Slutrapport. Sweden.
Ahlstroem-Silversand, F, and Hargitai, T. 1994. "Catalytic heat exchangers for industrial applications. Final report; Katalytiska vaermevaexlare foer industriella tillaempningar; Slutrapport." Sweden.
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title = {Catalytic heat exchangers for industrial applications. Final report; Katalytiska vaermevaexlare foer industriella tillaempningar; Slutrapport}
author = {Ahlstroem-Silversand, F, and Hargitai, T}
abstractNote = {Purpose of the study was to investigate theoretical and technical conditions for catalytic combustion in combination with simultaneous heat exchange and to investigate market potential for catalytic heat exchange burners. Design of catalytic heat exchanger is based on both theoretical and practical experience. Function of the burner has been evaluated in dynamic computer simulation programs and by practical experiments. The performance of a catalytic heat exchanger, based on theoretical calculations, is presented in the present study. Burner construction is based on heat exchange sections, each of which produces a certain amount of heat. Different effect output levels can be obtained by combination of a number of heat exchange sections. Combustion reactions are dominated by mass transfer limitations. This observation has been confirmed by theoretical calculations and practical experiments. The properties of a catalytic heat exchanger with an effect output of 100 kW has been investigated by a computer simulation program. The maximum catalyst temperature was about 1100 degrees C and the turnover for the reaction was about 95%. The conclusions from the simulation experiments are that there are a number of different factors which can be changed in order to effect the combustion reactions and the heat flow characteristics in the construction. Due to the importance of the catalyst design a number of different catalysts have been studied in a micro reactor. A catalytic heat exchange prototype burner has been constructed by the obtained results from practical experiment in the micro reactor and by the computer simulation results. Some experiments have also been performed in the prototype construction. The experimental results confirm results obtained in computer simulation calculations. A survey of different areas of application is also presented in the report. There seems to be a number of applications suitable for (Abstract Truncated)}
place = {Sweden}
year = {1994}
month = {Jan}
}