소규모 수소 충전소용 천연가스 수증기 개질공정의 수치모사 및 공정 변수 값의 산정

Simulation for the Evaluation of Reforming Parameter Values of the Natural Gas Steam Reforming Process for a Small Scale Hydrogen-Fueling Station

  • 이득기 (광주대학교 소방방재학과) ;
  • 구기영 (한국과학기술원 생명화공과) ;
  • 서동주 (한국에너지기술연구원 신에너지연구부) ;
  • 서유택 (한국에너지기술연구원 신에너지연구부) ;
  • 노현석 (한국에너지기술연구원 신에너지연구부) ;
  • 윤왕래 (한국에너지기술연구원 신에너지연구부)
  • Lee, Deuk-Ki (Dept. of Fire Safety, Gwangju Univ.) ;
  • Koo, Kee-Young (Dept. of Chem. Eng., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Seo, Dong-Joo (Div. of New Energy Research, Korea Institute of Energy Research) ;
  • Seo, Yu-Taek (Div. of New Energy Research, Korea Institute of Energy Research) ;
  • Roh, Hyun-Seog (Div. of New Energy Research, Korea Institute of Energy Research) ;
  • Yoon, Wang-Lai (Div. of New Energy Research, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
  • 발행 : 2007.03.15

초록

Numerical simulation of the natural gas steam reforming process for on-site hydrogen production in a $H_2$ fueling station was conducted on the basis of process material and heat balances. The effects of reforming parameters on the process efficiency of hydrogen production were investigated, and set-point values of each of the parameters to minimize the sizes of unit process equipments and to secure a stable operability of the reforming process were suggested. S/C ratio of the reforming reactants was found to be a crucial parameter in the reforming process mostly governing both the hydrogen production efficiency and the stable operability of the process. The operation of the process was regarded to be stable if the feed water(WR) as a reforming reactant could evaporate completely to dry steam through HRSG. The optimum S/C ratio was 3.0 where the process efficiency of hydrogen production was maximized and the stable operability of the process was secured. The optimum feed rates of natural gas(NGR) and WR as reforming reactants and natural gas(NGB) as a burner fuel were also determined for the hydrogen production rate of $27\;Nm^3/h$.

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