Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Abstract
In this paper, a heterogeneous one-dimensional model for simulation of cascade methanol reactor has been developed, while the various percent of CO was injected to these reactors. In the cascade reactor configuration, a system with two-catalyst bed instead of one single catalyst bed is applied for methanol synthesis. In the first catalyst bed, the synthesis gas is partly converted to methanol in a water-cooled reactor. In the second bed, which is a gas-cooled reactor, the reaction heat is used to preheat the feed gas to the first bed. In this study, the various percent CO injections of feed entrance (1% and 2%) to different reactors (first and second reactor) of conventional dual type methanol reactor have been considered. The simulation results represent 5.127% and 4.158% enhancement in the yield of methanol production in comparison with conventional dual type methanol reactor (CDMR) and membrane dual type methanol reactor (MDMR) respectively, while 2% CO was injected to the first reactor. Also, by CO injection to the feed, water produced during methanol synthesis via CO2 hydrogenation which accelerates the catalyst deactivation and reduces methanol production rate, is reduced greatly.
Bayat,M. , Rahmani,F. , Ghiyami,T. and Rahimpour,M. R. (2011). Comparative Study of Two Various Percent of CO Injection Effect to Cascade Methanol Synthesis Reactor in the Presence of Long-term Catalyst Deactivation. Iranian Journal of Chemical Engineering (IJChE), 8(2), 69-80.
MLA
Bayat,M. , , Rahmani,F. , , Ghiyami,T. , and Rahimpour,M. R. . "Comparative Study of Two Various Percent of CO Injection Effect to Cascade Methanol Synthesis Reactor in the Presence of Long-term Catalyst Deactivation", Iranian Journal of Chemical Engineering (IJChE), 8, 2, 2011, 69-80.
HARVARD
Bayat M., Rahmani F., Ghiyami T., Rahimpour M. R. (2011). 'Comparative Study of Two Various Percent of CO Injection Effect to Cascade Methanol Synthesis Reactor in the Presence of Long-term Catalyst Deactivation', Iranian Journal of Chemical Engineering (IJChE), 8(2), pp. 69-80.
CHICAGO
M. Bayat, F. Rahmani, T. Ghiyami and M. R. Rahimpour, "Comparative Study of Two Various Percent of CO Injection Effect to Cascade Methanol Synthesis Reactor in the Presence of Long-term Catalyst Deactivation," Iranian Journal of Chemical Engineering (IJChE), 8 2 (2011): 69-80,
VANCOUVER
Bayat M., Rahmani F., Ghiyami T., Rahimpour M. R. Comparative Study of Two Various Percent of CO Injection Effect to Cascade Methanol Synthesis Reactor in the Presence of Long-term Catalyst Deactivation. IJChE, 2011; 8(2): 69-80.
