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    Compact heat integrated reactor system of steam reformer, shift reactor and combustor for hydrogen production from ethanol
    (2020-06-01)
    Khaodee, Watcharapong
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    Jiwanuruk, Tara
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    Ountaksinkul, Khunnawat
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    Charojrochkul, Sumittra
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    Charoensuk, Jarruwat
    A compact heat integrated reactor system (CHIRS) of a steam reformer, a water gas shift reactor, and a combustor were designed for stationary hydrogen production from ethanol. Different reactor integration concepts were firstly studied using Aspen Plus. The sequential steam reformer and shift reactor (SRSR) was considered as a conventional system. The efficiency of the SRSR could be improved by more than 12% by splitting water addition to the shift reactor (SRSR-WS). Two compact heat integrated reactor systems (CHIRS) were proposed and simulated by using COMSOL Multiphysics software. Although the overall efficiency of the CHIRS was quite a bit lower than the SRSR-WS, the compact systems were properly designed for portable use. CHIRS (I) design, combining the reactors in a radial direction, was large in reactor volume and provided poor temperature control. As a result, the ethanol steam reforming and water gas shift reactions were suppressed, leading to lower hydrogen selectivity. On the other hand, CHIRS (II) design, combining the process in a vertical direction, provided better temperature control. The reactions performed efficiently, resulting in higher hydrogen selectivity. Therefore, the high performance CHIRS (II) design is recommended as a suitable stationary system for hydrogen production from ethanol.
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    Total energy requirement for hydrogen production reactor using various porous media materials
    (2015-01-01)
    Srilomsak, Mek
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    Aungkharuengrattana, Waroht
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    Sesuk, Thanathon
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    Charoensuk, Jarruwat
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    Charochrojkul, Sumittra
    In a hydrogen production reactor, combustion of LPG was used as a heat source for ethanol steam reforming. For such purpose, the operating temperature was required to be around 700-900 °C along the entire height of the reactor. Various types of porous media materials were used as a heat transfer media, i.e. 25mm ceramic saddles, random size bio-filter media from MTEC, ceramic foam, and ceramic balls. The objective of this study was to obtain the practical amount of total energy input, to compare with theoretical calculation which can achieve the required temperature of ethanol steam reforming for the hydrogen production. From our experiments, 13.20 kW of energy was needed to fulfill the requirement of the reactor, while only 2.49 kW was expected from theoretical calculation. Most energy loss was due mainly to: 1) heat loss at the top of the reactor where the metal part was directly exposed to the environment, 2) a large amount of energy loss at the furnace stack and, 3) insufficient mixing at the early stage of combustion at the bottom of the furnace as noticed by high CO concentration in flue gas. The porous media material has a significant effect on temperature distribution and energy consumption. The results show that the use of ceramic saddles as porous media consume more energy than the ceramic foam and the bio-filter media mixed with ceramic saddles during the start-up period of the reactor.