Dry Reforming of CH4 Using a Microreactor
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussions
2.1. Equilibrium Calculations
2.2. Effect of the Feed Flowrate
2.3. Effect of the Feed Composition
2.4. Product Distribution
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Catalyst Description
3.2. Experimental Set-Up
- The reactor temperature, which varied in the range 20–800 °C,
- The total inlet volumetric flowrate, which varied in the range 20–120 mL.min−1,
- The composition of the feed, characterized by the CH4:CO2 ratio, which varied in the range 0.75–1.7.
3.3. Equilibrium Consideration
3.4. Assessment of Diffusional Limitation
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Species | D (m2.s−1) | Re | Sc | Sh | kD (m.s−1) | (mol.m−3) | fe |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CH4 | 7.46 × 10−5 | 0.38 | 1 | 3.1 | 14 | 3.9 | 2.10 × 10−5 |
CO2 | 1.07 × 10−5 | 0.38 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 10 | 3.7 | 3.10 × 10−5 |
Species | D (m2.s−1) | (mol.m−3) | |
---|---|---|---|
CH4 | 1.11 × 10−8 | 3.9 | 0.07 |
CO2 | 6.73 × 10−9 | 3.7 | 0.12 |
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Wedraogo, T.N.; Wu, J.; Li, H.Z. Dry Reforming of CH4 Using a Microreactor. Methane 2024, 3, 346-358. https://doi.org/10.3390/methane3020019
Wedraogo TN, Wu J, Li HZ. Dry Reforming of CH4 Using a Microreactor. Methane. 2024; 3(2):346-358. https://doi.org/10.3390/methane3020019
Chicago/Turabian StyleWedraogo, Tarsida N., Jing Wu, and Huai Z. Li. 2024. "Dry Reforming of CH4 Using a Microreactor" Methane 3, no. 2: 346-358. https://doi.org/10.3390/methane3020019