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http://dx.doi.org/10.7464/ksct.2013.19.2.156

Operating Characteristics of a 0.25 MW Methanation Pilot Plant with Isothermal Reactor and Adiabatic Reactor  

Kim, Suhyun (Plant Engineering Division, Institute for Advance Engineering)
Yoo, Youngdon (Plant Engineering Division, Institute for Advance Engineering)
Kang, Sukhwan (Plant Engineering Division, Institute for Advance Engineering)
Ryu, Jaehong (Plant Engineering Division, Institute for Advance Engineering)
Kim, Jinho (Plant Engineering Division, Institute for Advance Engineering)
Kim, Munhyun (Plant Engineering Division, Institute for Advance Engineering)
Koh, Dongjun (Coal Chemical Research Group, Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology)
Lee, Hyunjung (Gas & Coal Chemical Business Department, POSCO)
Kim, Gwangjun (Gas & Coal Chemical Business Department, POSCO)
Kim, Hyungtaek (Energy System Department, Ajou University)
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Clean Technology / v.19, no.2, 2013 , pp. 156-164 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we analyzed the operational characteristics of a 0.25 MW methanation pilot plant. Isothermal reactor controled the heat released from methanation reaction by saturated water in shell side. Methanation process consisting of isothermal reactor and adiabatic reactor had advantages with no recycle compressor and more less reactors compared with methanation process with only adiabatic reactors. In case that $H_2$/CO ratio of syngas was under 3, carbon deposition occurred on catalyst in tube side of isothermal reactor and the pressure of reactors increased. In case that $H_2$/CO ratio was maintained around 3, no carbon deposition on catalyst in tube side of isothermal reactor was found by monitoring the differential pressure of reactors and by measuring the differential pressure of several of tubes filled with catalyst before and after operating. It was shown that CO conversion and $CH_4$selectivity were over 99, 97%, respectively, and the maximum $CH_4$productivity was $695ml/h{\cdot}g-cat$.
Keywords
SNG; Methanation; Isothermal reactor; Adiabatic reactor; $H_2$/CO ratio;
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