Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Optimal operating condition of membrane reactors to enhance isobutene production, selectivity and hydrogenproduction

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Volume 18, Issue 5, 25 September 2012, Pages 1676–1682
Optimal operating condition of membrane reactors to enhance isobutene production, selectivity and hydrogenproduction
M. Farsi
A. Jahanmiri
M.R. Rahimpour
Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Abstract
In the isobutene synthesis process, coupling reaction and separation improves isobutene production and selectivity, reduces operation cost and lets to produce hydrogen.
Authors focus on the steady state optimization of isobutane dehydrogenation in hydrogen-permselective Pd/Ag based membrane reactors. They model the membrane reactors heterogeneously based on the mass and energy conservation laws at steady state condition.
They employ genetic algorithm to optimize the operating condition of membrane reactors.  They compare optimization results of membrane reactors with conventional adiabatic reactors at the same catalyst loading.
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