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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
chemical engineering
Membrane performance: The key issues for dehydrogenation reactions in a catalytic membrane reactor
Catalysis Today, Volume 56, No. 1-3, Year 2000
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In a high-temperature membrane reactor, one of the reaction products is selectively removed from the reaction mixture, thus preventing the mixture from reaching equilibrium. In a previous study [1], a CVI-silica membrane was used for the direct dehydrogenation of propane in a high-temperature catalytic membrane reactor. This H2 selective membrane had only a moderate permeation (∼140 × 10-9 mol/m2Pas) and a limited H2/C3H3 permselectivity (α0 ≈ 70-90 at 500°C). These experiments proved that (at 500°C) the propane conversion could be improved from the equilibrium value (∼18%) to a value which is about twice as high. The increase was however only significant for relatively small values of the propane feed stream ≤16.5 μmol/s. This is because at high propane feed, the hydrogen cannot be removed fast enough through the membrane and conversion is again limited by the thermodynamic equilibrium. In this study, the comparison is made between the performance of the CVI-silica membrane and a Pd/Ag membrane when used as the H2 selective membrane. The performance of the Pd/Ag membrane is far superior to the performance of the SiO2 membrane. H2 fluxes of more than 0.1 mol/m2s were measured and the H2/Ar permselectivity exceeds 4500. When it is run under comparable conditions, the performance of the Pd/Ag membrane reactor is much better. The increase in propane conversion persists at values of the propane feed stream that are about six times higher (105 μmol/s). Since the H2 is selectively removed from the reaction mixture, it is not available for any competitive side reactions. The production of methane, which limits the propene selectivity of the reaction in a conventional plug-flow reactor, is much less in a catalytic membrane reactor. This means that the selectivity in the membrane reactor is higher than in the plug-flow reactor when they are run under similar conditions. ©2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Weyten, Herman
Belgium, Mol
Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek
Luyten, Jan J.
Belgium, Mol
Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek
Keizer, Klaas
South Africa, Potchefstroom
North-west University
Netherlands, Enschede
Universiteit Twente
Willems, Louis
Belgium, Mol
Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek
Leysen, Roger J.F.
Belgium, Mol
Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek
Statistics
Citations: 81
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
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Doi:
10.1016/S0920-5861(99)00257-6
ISSN:
09205861