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Intensification of the Dehydrogenation Process of Different Hydrocarbons in a Catalytic Membrane Reactor Full article

Journal Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification
ISSN: 0255-2701
Output data Year: 2020, Volume: 155, Article number : 108072, Pages count : 9 DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2020.108072
Tags Catalytic membrane reactor; Dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons; Ethane; Propane; Ethylbenzene; Mathematical modeling
Authors Shelepova Ekaterina V. 1 , Vedyagin Aleksey A. 1,2
Affiliations
1 Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 630090, Novosibirsk, pr. Ac. Lavrentieva, 5, Russia
2 National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050, Tomsk, Lenin av., 30, Russia

Funding (2)

1 Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations 0303-2016-0014
2 Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation FSWW-2020-0011

Abstract: The process of dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons has attracted a great interest due to the growing demand for monomers for main organic synthesis. Among them, ethylene, propylene, and styrene occupy the leading positions. The efficiency of the dehydrogenation process was numerously shown to be significantly improved by the use of catalytic membrane reactors. Hydrogen elimination from the reaction zone shifts the equilibrium towards products, thus increasing their yields. At the same time, the amount of parallel by-side reactions and, consequently, by-side products can be varied substantially. In the present work, the processes of ethane, propane and ethylbenzene dehydrogenation in catalytic membrane reactors are theoretically compared in terms of efficiency and productivity. A two-dimensional non-isothermal stationary mathematical model of the catalytic membrane reactor was applied to perform the study. The reactor comprises inner hydrogen-permeable tubes with a loaded dehydrogenation catalyst and outer tube. The shell compartment is filled with another catalyst for oxidation of flux hydrogen. It is evident that the heavier is a hydrocarbon, the higher amount of by-products is formed. Since the contribution of the coke formation process is being increased along with temperature, diminishing of the reactor temperature by oxidation of flux hydrogen allows enhancing the target products’ yield.
Cite: Shelepova E.V. , Vedyagin A.A.
Intensification of the Dehydrogenation Process of Different Hydrocarbons in a Catalytic Membrane Reactor
Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification. 2020. V.155. 108072 :1-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2020.108072 WOS Scopus РИНЦ AN OpenAlex
Dates:
Submitted: Apr 9, 2020
Accepted: Jul 28, 2020
Published online: Jul 30, 2020
Published print: Sep 1, 2020
Identifiers:
Web of science: WOS:000577374300024
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85088932282
Elibrary: 45449235
Chemical Abstracts: 2020:1533571
OpenAlex: W3046249106
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