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Low Temperature Condition

Medium Temperature
Condition

High Temperature Condition

Water Gas Shift


Reaction
Methanol Synthesis from
Wood Feedstock
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Description of Process

• Production of pure H2 fuel • Exothermic reaction


• Steam reforming of methane • HTC increase rate of
• LTC increase H2 production reaction
• Equilibrium constant
dependence on
WGS temperature
CO & H20
Reaction
Combination Nature

Scale Up Reaction
Production Conversion
• Multiple adiabatic step process
• HTC led by LTC • Optimization using
• Internal cooling system catalyst
• Favorable at low
temperature
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Comparison of Temperature Condition for Process

Low Temperature Condition Medium Temperature Condition High Temperature Condition

• Reduce production of CO & • Syngas source that has no • No appreciable levels of


Increase production of H2 significant levels of Sulphur Sulphur

• Zn-Cu catalyst use • Copper zinc alumina • copper-promoted iron-


• Polluted by Sulphur chromium catalyst
• Polluted by Sulphur

• 0.2 % CO formation HTC • 0.5 % CO formation in MTC • 2.5 % CO formation in LTC


led by LTC
• Temperature range 325°F to • Temperature range 600°F to
•• H
Temperature range 350°F to 625°F 800°F
500°F

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Mechanism of WGS

Adsorption of H2O & CO on Catalyst Surface

Formation of H2 and CO2 on catalysts Surface

Desorption of H2 & CO2 on Catalyst Surface

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References

1. I. L. Junior, J.-M. M. Millet, M. Aquino, and M. do Carom Rangel, “The role of vanadium on the properties of iron
based catalysts for the water gas shift reaction,” Applied Catalysis A: General, vol. 283, no. 1-2, pp. 91–98, 2005.
2. C. Martos, J. DuFour, and A. Ruiz, “Synthesis of Fe3O4-based catalysts for the high-temperature water gas shift
reaction,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 34, no. 10, pp. 4475–4481, 2009.
3. A. Boudjemaa, C. Daniel, C. Mirodatos, M. Trari, A. Auroux, and R. Bouarab, “In situ DRIFTS studies of high-
temperature water-gas shift reaction on chromium-free iron oxide catalysts,” Comptes Rendus Chimie, vol. 14, no.
6, pp. 534–538, 2011.

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