부산대학교 도서관

An energy-efficient catalytic reactor for producing synthesis gas from methane and liquid hydrocarbons is proposed that is based on the coupling of an endothermic reaction (steam reforming of methane, hexane, or isooctane) and an exothermic reaction (hydrogen oxidation by atmospheric oxygen) in a single cocurrent apparatus. To describe the processes in such an apparatus, a two-dimensional two-temperature mathematical model is developed. It was revealed experimentally and by mathematical modeling that the heat- and mass-transfer coefficients of the gas flow in contact with the catalytically active wall in the exothermic reaction zone considerably affect the thermal conditions in the reactor.