Kinetic Based Simulation of Methane Steam Reforming and Water Gas Shift for Hydrogen Production Using Aspen Plus

Mohamad Rizza, Othman and Arshad, Ahmad and Umarul Imran, Amran (2017) Kinetic Based Simulation of Methane Steam Reforming and Water Gas Shift for Hydrogen Production Using Aspen Plus. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 56. pp. 1681-1686. ISSN 2283-9216. (Published)

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Abstract

This paper presents the kinetic-based simulation of methane steam reforming (MSR) from natural gas and water gas shift (WGS) reaction for hydrogen production. It is found that most simulations of these reactions were either done as balance or equilibrium based. Although it provides simplicity, such approach has limitations, especially for sensitivity analysis, control and optimisation. In order to improve and optimise the reactor performance, kinetic-based simulation is necessary. The kinetic data for MSR and WGS reactions were obtained from literature. The simulation was performed in Aspen Plus using RPLUG model blocks with rearranged Langmuir-Hinshelwood-Hougen-Watson (LHHW) kinetic model. The results of the simulation show good agreement with results found in the literature. Apart from that, sensitivity analysis was carried out to observe the effect of several parameters such as temperature, pressure, catalyst weight and ratio feed to the reactor performance.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Indexed by Scopus
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Kinetic modeling; Hydrogen production; Water gas shift (WGS) reaction
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Faculty/Division:	Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr.-Ing. Mohamad Rizza Othman
Date Deposited:	09 Feb 2018 07:11
Last Modified:	09 Feb 2018 07:11
URI:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/19764
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