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Methanol synthesis from CO2 and H2 in multi-tubular fixed-bed reactor and multi-tubular reactor filled with monoliths

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This work investigates the impact of catalyst structuring into particles or monoliths on methanol production from only CO2 and H2 at a large scale. Methanol synthesis in multi-tubular reactors is evaluated using packed-bed and monolithic reactors by modeling heat and mass transfer in each reactor. The obtained simulation results show that, at low gas hourly space velocity (GHSV = 10,000 h−1), the performances of both reactor technologies are similar. In this case, the packed-bed reactor technology is the most appropriate technology due to its simplicity of installation and operation. At high GHSV (25,000 h−1), the packed-bed reactor technology is limited by a considerable pressure drop that causes an important loss in productivity due to thermodynamic equilibrium, whereas the monolithic reactors exhibit negligible pressure drop and achieve far better performances.
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hal-01327510 , version 1 (06-06-2016)

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Sofiane Arab, Jean-Marc Commenge, Jean-François Portha, Laurent Falk. Methanol synthesis from CO2 and H2 in multi-tubular fixed-bed reactor and multi-tubular reactor filled with monoliths. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2014, 92 (11), pp.2598-2608. ⟨10.1016/j.cherd.2014.03.009⟩. ⟨hal-01327510⟩
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