Ethanol steam reforming kinetics of a Pd-Ag membrane reactor

Silvano Tosti; Angelo Basile; Rodolfo Borelli; Fabio Borgognoni; Stefano Castelli; Massimiliano Fabbricino; F. Gallucci; Celeste Licusati

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.03.049

Ethanol steam reforming kinetics of a Pd-Ag membrane reactor

Silvano Tosti, Angelo Basile, Rodolfo Borelli, Fabio Borgognoni, Stefano Castelli, Massimiliano Fabbricino, F. Gallucci, Celeste Licusati

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Abstract

The ethanol steam reforming reaction carried out in a Pd-based tubular membrane reactor has been modelled via a finite element code. The model considers the membrane tube divided into finite volume elements where the mass balances for both lumen and shell sides are carried out accordingly to the reaction and permeation kinetics. Especially, a simplified “power law” has been applied for the reaction kinetics: the comparison with experimental data obtained by using three different kinds of catalyst (Ru, Pt and Ni based) permitted defining the coefficients of the kinetics expression as well as to validate the model. Based on the Damkohler–Peclet analysis, the optimization of the membrane reformer has been also approached.

Original language	Undefined
Pages (from-to)	4747-4654
Number of pages	7
Journal	International journal of hydrogen energy
Volume	34
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.03.049
Publication status	Published - 2009

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