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Three-Dimensional Computation Fluid Dynamics Simulation of CO Methanation Reactor with Immersed Tubes

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  • Liyan Sun

    (Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse, 31400 Toulouse, France)

  • Junjie Lin

    (State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China)

  • Dali Kong

    (State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China)

  • Kun Luo

    (State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China)

  • Jianren Fan

    (State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China)

Abstract

CO methanation is an exothermic process, and heat removal is an essential issue for the methanation reactor. Numerical studies were carried out to investigate the performance of a 3D fluidized bed methanation reactor with immersed cooling tubes. The simulations were carried out in the frame of the Euler–Euler model to analyze the performance of the reactor. The influences of operating temperatures were studied to understand the reaction characteristics. The temperature increases rapidly neared the inlet due to the reactions. The immersed tubes were effective at removing the reaction heat. The chemical equilibrium state was achieved with an operating temperature of 682 K for the case with immersed tubes. Different control mechanisms can be found during the process of increasing and decreasing the temperature. The reaction kinetic is the dominate factor for the cases with lower temperatures, while the chemical equilibrium will play a more important role at high temperature conditions. The configuration with staggered tubes is beneficial for heat removal.

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  • Liyan Sun & Junjie Lin & Dali Kong & Kun Luo & Jianren Fan, 2022. "Three-Dimensional Computation Fluid Dynamics Simulation of CO Methanation Reactor with Immersed Tubes," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-14, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:1:p:321-:d:716927
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