Membrane Reactor for Methanol Synthesis Using Si-Rich LTA Zeolite Membrane

Autor: Masahiro Seshimo, Bo Liu, Hey Ryeon Lee, Katsunori Yogo, Yuichiro Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki Shigaki, Yasuhiro Mogi, Hidetoshi Kita, Shin-ichi Nakao
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Membranes, Vol 11, Iss 7, p 505 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2077-0375
DOI: 10.3390/membranes11070505
Popis: We successfully demonstrated the effect of a membrane reactor for methanol synthesis to improve one-pass CO2 conversion. An Si-rich LTA membrane for dehydration from a methanol synthesis reaction field was synthesized by the seed-assisted hydrothermal synthesis method. The H2O permselective performance of the membrane showed 1.5 × 10−6 mol m−2 s−1 Pa−1 as H2O permeance and around 2000 as selectivity of H2O/MeOH at 473 K. From the results of membrane reactor tests, the CO2 conversion of the membrane reactor was higher than that of the conventional packed-bed reactor under the all of experimental conditions. Especially, at 4 MPa of reaction pressure, the conversion using the membrane reactor was around 60%. In the case of using a packed-bed reactor, the conversion was 20% under the same conditions. In addition, the calculated and experimental conversion were in good agreement in both the case of the membrane reactor and packed-bed reactor.
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