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A CFD INVESTIGATION OF MEMBRANE REACTOR FOR METHANE STEAM REFORMING
Elena Carcadea1*, Mihai Varlam1, Ioan Stefanescu1, Derek B. Ingham2, Vasile Tanislav1, Catalin Capris1, Horia Ene3, Bogdan Nicolescu4
National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies – ICIT Rm. Valcea, Uzinei Street no.4, O.P Râureni, P.O.Box 7, 240050, Rm. Vâlcea, phone:0040 250 736979, fax:0040 250 732746
ABSTRACT
In this study, a packed bed catalytic membrane reactor for steam methane reforming was numerically analyzed. The solution of the numerical model taken into consideration was obtained by a computational fluid dynamics solver, Fluent. The first 2D CFD simulation results present the flow distribution in the reactor, the velocity profile and the mass fraction for two species: the methane and the hydrogen. This is an introductory study that is intended to give us an insight regarding the interaction flow-heat-chemical reaction that is taking place inside a porous membrane reactor.
KEYWORDS: CFD, reactor, membrane, modelling. *Corresponding author: e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 2CFD Centre, Leeds University 3Romanian Academy of Sciences, Mathematical Institute, Bucharest, Romania 4Pitesti University Faculty of Mathematics |