Abstract
This paper presents an experimental and modeling study of methane dehydroaromatization (MDA) chemistry using a bifunctional 6 wt % Mo/HZSM-5 catalyst in an isothermal laboratory-scale packed-bed configuration. The reported measurements include methane conversion and product yields and selectivities as a function of temperature and flow rates (space velocity). The modeling is particularly concerned with developing and validating a microscopically reversible 54-step detailed reaction mechanism. The reaction mechanism is validated via direct comparison with the measured packed-bed performance. Although the operating conditions for the measurements are relatively limited, the detailed reaction mechanism is expected to have much wider predictive capability.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9895-9906 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 37 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 21 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-12-1-0495), the Office of Naval Research (N00014-08-1-0539), and CoorsTek, Inc. We also acknowledge the frequent and insightful discussions with Prof. Christian Kjølseth (University of Oslo), Dr. Jim Steppan (Ceramatec), and Dr. Steffen Tischer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology).
Funders | Funder number |
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CoorsTek, Inc. | |
Office of Naval Research | N00014-08-1-0539 |
Air Force Office of Scientific Research | FA9550-12-1-0495 |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |