WANG Feng, LIU Yanyun, CHEN Bohong, et al. Methanol steam reforming for hydrogen production with waste heat recovery-effects of operation parameters[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (S1): 102-107.
WANG Feng, LIU Yanyun, CHEN Bohong, et al. Methanol steam reforming for hydrogen production with waste heat recovery-effects of operation parameters[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (S1): 102-107.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20180754.
The process of methanol steam reforming (MSR) for hydrogen production heated by simulated exhaust heat was studied. Radial fin reactor was designed with waste heat recovery. The effects of simulated waste heat air inlet velocity and temperature
reactant inlet velocity
temperature and water methanol ratio
reactant and heated air co-current and counter current flow conditions on MSR process were investigated. Results showed that the optimum operation condition of this reactor is that the reactant and heated air operates as co-current flow
water methanol ratio sets as 1.3
inlet heated air velocity and temperature keep as 1.1 m/s and 773 K
inlet reactant velocity and temperature maintains as 0.1 m/s and 493 K. Methanol conversion reaches 99.4% and thermal efficiency of simulated exhaust heat reaches 28%
reactor outlet hydrogen volume fraction attains 69.6%. The results can give some reference for waste heat utilization and exhaust heat reforming for hydrogen production