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Title: Mixed iron-manganese oxides as redox catalysts for chemical looping–oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane with tailorable heat of reactions

Abstract

The chemical looping-oxidative dehydrogenation (CL-ODH) of ethane is investigated in this study. In CL-ODH, a redox catalyst donates its lattice oxygen to combust hydrogen formed from ethane dehydrogenation (ODH reactor). The reduced redox catalyst is then transferred to a separate reactor (regenerator), where it is re-oxidized with air. Typically, the ODH step is endothermic, due to the high endothermicity to reduce the redox catalyst. This energy demand is met through sensible heat carried by the redox catalyst from the regenerator, which operates at a higher temperature. This temperature difference between the two reactors leads to exergy losses. We report an Fe-Mn redox catalyst showing tunable exothermic heat of reduction. Promotion with Na2WO4 resulted in high ethylene yields due to the suppression of surface Fe/Mn. ASPEN Plus® simulations indicated that Fe-Mn redox catalysts can lower the temperature difference between the two reactors. This can lead to efficiency improvements for CL-ODH.

Authors:
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  1. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), New York, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Manufacturing Office
OSTI Identifier:
1803996
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1778292
Grant/Contract Number:  
EE0007888
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 257; Journal ID: ISSN 0926-3373
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; oxidative dehydrogenation; chemical looping; ethane; ethylene

Citation Formats

Yusuf, Seif, Haribal, Vasudev, Jackson, Daniel, Neal, Luke, and Li, Fanxing. Mixed iron-manganese oxides as redox catalysts for chemical looping–oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane with tailorable heat of reactions. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.117885.
Yusuf, Seif, Haribal, Vasudev, Jackson, Daniel, Neal, Luke, & Li, Fanxing. Mixed iron-manganese oxides as redox catalysts for chemical looping–oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane with tailorable heat of reactions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.117885
Yusuf, Seif, Haribal, Vasudev, Jackson, Daniel, Neal, Luke, and Li, Fanxing. Wed . "Mixed iron-manganese oxides as redox catalysts for chemical looping–oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane with tailorable heat of reactions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.117885. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1803996.
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title = {Mixed iron-manganese oxides as redox catalysts for chemical looping–oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane with tailorable heat of reactions},
author = {Yusuf, Seif and Haribal, Vasudev and Jackson, Daniel and Neal, Luke and Li, Fanxing},
abstractNote = {The chemical looping-oxidative dehydrogenation (CL-ODH) of ethane is investigated in this study. In CL-ODH, a redox catalyst donates its lattice oxygen to combust hydrogen formed from ethane dehydrogenation (ODH reactor). The reduced redox catalyst is then transferred to a separate reactor (regenerator), where it is re-oxidized with air. Typically, the ODH step is endothermic, due to the high endothermicity to reduce the redox catalyst. This energy demand is met through sensible heat carried by the redox catalyst from the regenerator, which operates at a higher temperature. This temperature difference between the two reactors leads to exergy losses. We report an Fe-Mn redox catalyst showing tunable exothermic heat of reduction. Promotion with Na2WO4 resulted in high ethylene yields due to the suppression of surface Fe/Mn. ASPEN Plus® simulations indicated that Fe-Mn redox catalysts can lower the temperature difference between the two reactors. This can lead to efficiency improvements for CL-ODH.},
doi = {10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.117885},
journal = {Applied Catalysis B: Environmental},
number = ,
volume = 257,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
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