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Computer Simulation of Methanation Reactor with Monolith Catalyst

전산 모델링을 통한 모노리스 촉매형 메탄화 반응기의 성능 특성 연구

  • Chi, Junhwa (Power Generation Laboratory, KEPCO Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Sungchul (Power Generation Laboratory, KEPCO Research Institute) ;
  • Hong, Jinpyo (Power Generation Laboratory, KEPCO Research Institute)
  • 지준화 (한국전력공사 전력연구원 발전연구소) ;
  • 김성철 (한국전력공사 전력연구원 발전연구소) ;
  • 홍진표 (한국전력공사 전력연구원 발전연구소)
  • Received : 2014.05.28
  • Accepted : 2014.08.31
  • Published : 2014.08.30
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Abstract

Simulation studies on catalytic methanation reaction in externally cooled tubular reactor filled with monolithic catalysts were carried out using a general purpose modelling tool $gPROMS^{(R)}$. We investigated the effects of operating parameters such as gas space velocity, temperature and pressure of feeding gas on temperature distribution inside the reactor, overall CO conversion, and chemical composition of product gas. In general, performance of methanation reaction is favored under low temperature and high pressure for a wide range of their values. However, methane production becomes negligible at temperatures below 573K when the reactor temperature is not high enough to ignite methanation reaction. Capacity enhancement of the reactor by increasing gas space velocity and/or gas inlet pressure resulted no significant reduction in reactor performance and heat transfer property of catalyst.

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