화학공학소재연구정보센터
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol.44, No.39, 21882-21895, 2019
Optimization of a novel multifunctional reactor containing m-xylene hydrodealkylation and naphtha reforming
In the present study, efforts have been made to improve the performance of the naphtha reforming process. To this end, the conventional reactors in the naphtha reforming process have been replaced with the new multifunctional reactors. These proposed reactors consist of hydrodealkylation and reforming sides separated by a solid wall and also permeation side that is separated from the reforming side by a palladium membrane wall. The naphtha reforming exchanges the heat with the hydrodealkylation of m-xylene, while this process exchanges the hydrogen gas with the permeation side. This new configuration will lead to an improvement in the production yield of aromatic in the catalytic reforming. According to the simulation results, the production rate of aromatic in this new suggestion increases by about 11% in comparison to the conventional process. The effects of design parameters such as the inlet temperatures of naphtha and hydrodealkylation feeds, the inlet molar flow rate of the hydrodealkylation side and, also the membrane thickness on the system performance have been studied. At the end of the work, the genetic algorithm optimization has been used to determine the best values of varies adjustable parameters in this system. (C) 2019 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.