Enhancing catalyst effectiveness by increasing catalyst film thickness in coated-wall microreactors: Exploiting heat effects in catalytic methane steam micro-reformers
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- 作者：Holly Butcher ; Benjamin A. Wilhite ; benjaminwilhite@tamu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Catalyst design ; Reaction-diffusion ; Microreactors ; Methane steam reforming ; CFD
- 刊名：Chemical Engineering Science
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：2 April 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：143
- 期：Complete
- 页码：47-54
- 全文大小：882 K
文摘
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Investigated impact of increasing catalyst loading in catalytic-wall microreactors.
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New catalyst design rules for catalytic methane steam reforming in microreactors.
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Design rules exploit internal heating of endothermic catalyst washcoatings.
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Theory outlines design space for maximizing both thermal and catalyst efficiency.
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Industrial microreactor simulations confirm benefit of increased catalyst loading.