Kinetic modelling of methane decomposition in a tubular solar reactor

Investigation of Sour Natural Gas Decomposition in a Nozzle-type Solar Reactor for Hydrogen Production

Kinetic Modelling of a Pyrolysis – Gasification Reactor

Biomass is of growing interest as a secondary energy source. Biomass could be converted to energy especially by pyrolysis or gasification. Understanding the mechanism and the kinetics of biomass pyrolysis and gasification could be the key to the design of industrial devices capable of processing vast amounts of biomass feedstock. There are multiple reactions describing the decomposition of biom...

Modal Decomposition of a Nonlinear Tubular Reactor Model : a Control Perspective

This paper focuses on the application of modal decomposition to a nonlinear convection-reaction-diffusion distributed parameter system (DPS). More precisely it will concentrate on the dynamical model of an industrial pulp bleaching tubular reactor described by nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). The objective of the modal decomposition is to generate, for control design, a discreti...

Combined Ceria Reduction and Methane Reforming in a Solar-Driven Particle-Transport Reactor

We report on the experimental performance of a solar aerosol reactor for carrying out the combined thermochemical reduction of CeO2 and reforming of CH4 using concentrated radiation as the source of process heat. The 2 kWth solar reactor prototype utilizes a cavity receiver enclosing a vertical Al2O3 tube which contains a downward gravity-driven particle flow of ceria particles, either co-curre...

Simulation, Optimization & Control of Styrene Bulk Polymerization in a Tubular Reactor

In this paper, optimization and control of a tubular reactor for thermal bulk post-polymerization of styrene have been investigated. By using the reactor mathematical model, static and dynamic simulations are carried out. Based on an objective function including polymer conversion and polydispersity, reactor optimal temperature profile has been obtained. In the absence of model mismatch, de...