Kinetic Modeling of Glycerol Aqueous Phase Reforming Process

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Nayernia, Zahra | 2018

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 51659 (06)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Advisor(s): Kazemeini, Mohammad
Abstract:
Dwindling fossil fuel reserves with attendant rising crude oil price and the relatively rapid growth in global population have made the search for sustainable energy supply more imperative. Among the various renewable resources, biomass has attract much more attention. Glycerol as the major by-product of the biodiesel production process, can be converted to hydrogen. One of the methods for converting glycerol to hydrogen is aqueous phase reforming (APR). In the current research, glycerol aqueous phase reforming is modeled and then simulated with MATLAB software. The reactor diameter is 5 mm and its length is 20 cm and reactor operated at 250℃ and 50 bar. Glycerol conversion obtained is almost 90% that validate with experimental results from larimi et al. [6]. In the current research the impact of particle diameter, reactor diameter and void fraction are examined
Keywords:
Glycerol ; Reforming Reactor ; Modeling ; Hydrogen ; Kinetics Study ; Aqueous Phase Reforming ; Matlab Software

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