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Effect of catalytic combustion of hydrogen on the dehydrogenation processes in a membrane reactor. I. Mathematical model of the process

E. V. Shelepova, A. A. Vedyagin, A. S. Noskov

Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

Abstract: Mathematical modeling of a catalytic membrane reactor was performed for thermodynamically coupled processes using as an example the endothermic dehydrogenation of propane and the exothermic combustion (oxidation) of hydrogen. Benefits of using the membrane reactor to increase the yield of target products by shifting equilibrium was demonstrated theoretically. The effect of hydrogen combustion on the main characteristics of the endothermic dehydrogenation process was studied. The hydrogen combustion reaction makes it possible to further increase the conversion of propane and compensate for the energy consumption in the endothermic dehydrogenation process.

Keywords: combustion of hydrogen, dehydrogenation, thermodynamically coupled processes, catalytic membrane reactor, mathematical modeling.

UDC: 66.011+66.081+536.46

Received: 29.07.2010

 English version: Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves, 2011, 47:5, 499–507

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