SIMULATION STUDY ON HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM METHANOL PARTIAL OXIDATION STEAM REFORMING OVER A Cu/ZnO/Al_2O_3 CATALYST

The hydrogen production from methanol partial oxidation steam reforming was experimentally studied over a Cu/ZnO/Al 2O 3 catalyst under 0 2?MPa in a tubular packed bed catalytic reactor Based on the detailed kinetics of these reactions over a Cu/ZnO/Al 2O 3 catalyst, the steady state mass balance and heat balance differential equations inside an adiabatic tubular reactor have been developed while the intraparticle diffusional limitations were taken into account Predictions of the models were compared with the experimental data to allow optimization of this process