Two-Dimensional Modeling of the Oxidative Coupling of Methane in a Fixed Bed Reactor: A Comparison among Different Catalysts

Authors

  • Salamah Manundawee King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
  • Amornchai Arpornwichanop Chulalongkorn University
  • Suttichai Assabumrungrat Chulalongkorn University
  • Wisitsree Wiyaratn King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4186/ej.2017.21.3.77

Keywords:

Oxidative coupling of methane (OCM), fixed bed reactor, two-dimensional model, gas hour space velocity (GHSV).

Abstract

A proposed two-dimensional model of the oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) to C2 hydrocarbons (e.g., C2H4 and C2H6) in a fixed bed reactor operated under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions is described which can provide more accurate predictions of experimental data than the simplified one-dimensional model. The model includes a set of partial differential equations of the continuity, mass transfer and energy balance equations. The performance of the OCM using different catalysts was assessed in terms of CH4 conversion, C2 selectivity and C2 yield with respect to key operating parameters, such as feed temperature (973 - 1173 K), CH4/O2 ratio (3.4 – 7.5) and gas hour space velocity (GHSV) (18000 - 30000 h-1). The simulation results indicated that the Na-W-Mn/SiO2 catalyst exhibits the best performance among all of the catalysts. The C2 yield were 20.16% and 20.00% for non-isothermal and isothermal modes respectively which the OCM reactor is operated at a CH4/O2 ratio of 3.4, a feed temperature of 1073 K and a GHSV of 9720 h-1. An increase in the operating temperature increases the CH4 conversion but decreases the C2 selectivity. However, the effects of the CH4/O2 ratio and the GHSV exhibit an opposite trend to that of the operating temperature.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Salamah Manundawee

Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand

Amornchai Arpornwichanop

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Suttichai Assabumrungrat

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Wisitsree Wiyaratn

Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand

Downloads

Published In
Vol 21 No 3, Jun 15, 2017
How to Cite
[1]
S. Manundawee, A. Arpornwichanop, S. Assabumrungrat, and W. Wiyaratn, “Two-Dimensional Modeling of the Oxidative Coupling of Methane in a Fixed Bed Reactor: A Comparison among Different Catalysts”, Eng. J., vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 77-99, Jun. 2017.

Most read articles by the same author(s)

<< < 1 2 3