Dry Reforming of Methane – Review of Feasibility Studies

Autor: H. Er-rbib, C. Bouallou, F. Werkoff
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol 29 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2283-9216
DOI: 10.3303/CET1229028
Popis: Starting from carbon dioxide and methane, the dry reforming of methane produces synthesis gas which is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Although this concept has many environmental and economic incentives, unfortunately, there are no commercial processes for dry reforming of methane. In this paper a review of feasibility studies is presented. Firstly, a comparison between the steam reforming and the dry reforming of methane is performed as well as a study of the production of methanol and sulfur-free diesel from the dry reforming of methane. Furthermore, a thermodynamic analysis is carried out by the method of equilibrium constants, for defining the thermodynamic limit and the optimum conditions.
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