COMPARISON BETWEEN WGS MEMBRANE REACTORS OPERATING WITH AND WITHOUT SWEEP GAS: LIMITING CONDITIONS FOR COCURRENT FLOW

ADROVER, MARÍA; DANIEL O. BORIO; MARISA N. PEDERNERA

Conferencia; 13th International Conference on Catalysis in Membrane Reactors; 2017

In this work, a comparative study is carried out to analyzethe behavior of a WGS multitubular membrane reactoroperating with and without sweep gas by means ofa 1-D non-isothermal mathematical model. Additionally,algebraic expressions that only depend on inlet variablesto calculate the limiting membrane reactor conversionsare included. From the comparative analysis, some guidelinesfor an improved operation of the membrane reactorare proposed.