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http://dx.doi.org/10.7464/ksct.2015.21.4.229

Diesel Desulfurization Reactor Design for Fuel Cell by Computational Fluid Dynamics  

Kwon, Sang Gu (Department of Chemical Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Liu, Jay (Department of Chemical Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Im, Do Jin (Department of Chemical Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Publication Information
Clean Technology / v.21, no.4, 2015 , pp. 229-234 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, there are increasing numbers of study regarding hydrogen fuels but researches on desulfurization of diesel are rare. In this study, we performed diesel desulfurization reactor design by computation fluid dynamics simulation. By analyzing the change in flow and sulfur concentration at the outlet according to the changes in flow rate, reactor length, and reactor diameter, we have found the minimum catalyst performance for the given flow rate condition and the relation between the reactor performance and the reactor size and shape. We also studied the effects of permeability of the packed bed on the flow and sulfur concentration distribution. The present work can be utilized to design a diesel desulfurization reactor for a fuel cell used in ships. Furthermore, the present work also can be used to design low sulfur diesel supply in oil refineries and therefore contribute to the development of clean petrochemical technology.
Keywords
Fuel cell; Desulfurization; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Reactor design; Clean petrochemistry;
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