Modeling of methane steam reforming in a microchannel subject to multicomponent diffusion |
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Authors: | V V Kuznetsov S P Kozlov |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany;(2) Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany; |
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Abstract: | Catalytic methane steam reforming in a slot microchannel under external heat supply to the mixture reacting on walls is considered
based on numerical simulation of a complete system of Navier-Stokes equations. Three ways of heat supply to channel walls
are represented, namely, a uniform heat flux, a heat flux linearly decreasing in channel length, and a heat flux following
the reaction rate profile of the main reaction. The thermophysical parameters of the mixture depend on its temperature and
composition. Two diffusion models are considered, namely, models with equal and different diffusion coefficients for each
mixture component. It is shown that consideration of multicomponent diffusion does not practically affect the concentration
of the components and the methane reforming at the outlet. For the above-mentioned ways of heat supply, the methane reforming
with a heat flux linearly decreasing in channel length is most significant. |
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