Integration of Methane Steam Reforming and Water Gas Shift Reaction in a Pd/Au/Pd-Based Catalytic Membrane Reactor for Process Intensification
Abstract
Palladium-based catalytic membrane reactors (CMRs) effectively remove H2 to induce higher conversions in methane steam reforming (MSR) and water-gas-shift reactions (WGS). Within such a context, this work evaluates the technical performance of a novel CMR, which utilizes two catalysts in series, rather than one. In the process system under consideration, the first catalyst, confined within the shell side of the reactor, reforms methane with water yielding H2, CO and CO2. After reforming is completed, a second catalyst, positioned in series, reacts with CO and water through the WGS reaction yielding pure H2O, CO2 and H2. A tubular composite asymmetric Pd/Au/Pd membrane is situated throughout the reactor to continuously remove the produced H2 and induce higher methane and CO conversions while yielding ultrapure H2 and compressed CO2 ready for dehydration. Experimental results involving (i) a conventional packed bed reactor packed (PBR) for MSR, (ii) a PBR with five layers of two catalysts in series and (iii) a CMR with two layers of two catalysts in series are comparatively assessed and thoroughly characterized. Furthermore, a comprehensive 2D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed to explore further the features of the proposed configuration. The reaction was studied at different process intensification-relevant conditions,more »
- Authors:
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- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering. Center for Inorganic Membrane Studies
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1630027
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FE0004895
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Membranes
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2077-0375
- Publisher:
- MDPI
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; hydrogen production; catalytic membrane reactor; methane steam reforming; water-gas-shift reaction; reaction coupling
Citation Formats
Castro-Dominguez, Bernardo, Mardilovich, Ivan, Ma, Liang-Chih, Ma, Rui, Dixon, Anthony, Kazantzis, Nikolaos, and Ma, Yi. Integration of Methane Steam Reforming and Water Gas Shift Reaction in a Pd/Au/Pd-Based Catalytic Membrane Reactor for Process Intensification. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.3390/membranes6030044.
Castro-Dominguez, Bernardo, Mardilovich, Ivan, Ma, Liang-Chih, Ma, Rui, Dixon, Anthony, Kazantzis, Nikolaos, & Ma, Yi. Integration of Methane Steam Reforming and Water Gas Shift Reaction in a Pd/Au/Pd-Based Catalytic Membrane Reactor for Process Intensification. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes6030044
Castro-Dominguez, Bernardo, Mardilovich, Ivan, Ma, Liang-Chih, Ma, Rui, Dixon, Anthony, Kazantzis, Nikolaos, and Ma, Yi. Fri .
"Integration of Methane Steam Reforming and Water Gas Shift Reaction in a Pd/Au/Pd-Based Catalytic Membrane Reactor for Process Intensification". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes6030044. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1630027.
@article{osti_1630027,
title = {Integration of Methane Steam Reforming and Water Gas Shift Reaction in a Pd/Au/Pd-Based Catalytic Membrane Reactor for Process Intensification},
author = {Castro-Dominguez, Bernardo and Mardilovich, Ivan and Ma, Liang-Chih and Ma, Rui and Dixon, Anthony and Kazantzis, Nikolaos and Ma, Yi},
abstractNote = {Palladium-based catalytic membrane reactors (CMRs) effectively remove H2 to induce higher conversions in methane steam reforming (MSR) and water-gas-shift reactions (WGS). Within such a context, this work evaluates the technical performance of a novel CMR, which utilizes two catalysts in series, rather than one. In the process system under consideration, the first catalyst, confined within the shell side of the reactor, reforms methane with water yielding H2, CO and CO2. After reforming is completed, a second catalyst, positioned in series, reacts with CO and water through the WGS reaction yielding pure H2O, CO2 and H2. A tubular composite asymmetric Pd/Au/Pd membrane is situated throughout the reactor to continuously remove the produced H2 and induce higher methane and CO conversions while yielding ultrapure H2 and compressed CO2 ready for dehydration. Experimental results involving (i) a conventional packed bed reactor packed (PBR) for MSR, (ii) a PBR with five layers of two catalysts in series and (iii) a CMR with two layers of two catalysts in series are comparatively assessed and thoroughly characterized. Furthermore, a comprehensive 2D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed to explore further the features of the proposed configuration. The reaction was studied at different process intensification-relevant conditions, such as space velocities, temperatures, pressures and initial feed gas composition. Finally, it is demonstrated that the above CMR module, which was operated for 600 h, displays quite high H2 permeance and purity, high CH4 conversion levels and reduced CO yields.},
doi = {10.3390/membranes6030044},
journal = {Membranes},
number = 3,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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