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DEVELOPMENT OF ANEW FLUID-BED CATALYTIC REACTOR TO PRODUCE LIQUID FUELS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17560676
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Reaction engineering/Process system
Research InstitutionKagoshima University

Principal Investigator

KAI Takami  KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 工学部, 助教授 (00177312)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TAKAHASHI Takeshige  KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, PROFESSOR, 工学部, 教授 (20041543)
Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
KeywordsFLUIDIZED BED / FUEL SYNTHESIS / CATALYTIC REACTION / VOLUME REDUCTION / HYDROGENATION / DEFLUIDIZATION / EMULSION PHASE / PARTICLE AGGLOMERATE / 固体触媒反応 / 粒子鬼
Research Abstract

Gas phase fluidized beds have been used for the synthesis of light hydrocarbon fuels from hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This is because that reaction heat can be easily removed and reaction temperature can be kept at a constant temperature in the reactor. However, the fluidization quality drastically decreased for the reaction involving a decrease in gas volume in the fluid bed. When the degree of the gas volume decrease is large, the gas supply from bubbles cannot compensate the volume decrease in the emulsion phase. Consequently, the voidage of the emulsion phase reduces and the decrease in the fluidity of the emulsion phase disturbs bubbles to rise. Finally, defluidization in the bed occurs. The reactor cannot be operated safely at these conditions. In the present study, the reaction conditions to keep the good fluidization quality were investigated. In the experiments, methane synthesis from hydrogen and carbon dioxide as a model reaction was carried out over Ni catalysts. The criterion for the stable operation was obtained based on the gas volume reduction rate and the ratio of gas volume. It was shown that the stable operation could not be established when the volume reduction rate was over 0.01 l/s and maximum volume ratio was below 0.9. In addition, the effects of internals were studied to improve the fluidization quality. The fractional open area of the sieve was 0.70. When one mesh plate was used, it is effective to prevent the generation of the defluidized part by breaking the generating defluidized part rather than by breaking the generated defluidized part. Therefore, the good fluidization could be established when the metal meshes were installed at 10-20 cm above the distributor and the intervals between the meshes were 10-20 cm.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2006 2005

All Journal Article (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] Effect of Volume Decrease on Fluidization Quality of Fluidized Catalyst Beds2006

    • Author(s)
      T Kai, K Toriyama, T Takahashi, M Nakajima
    • Journal Title

      AIChE J. 52

      Pages: 3210-3215

    • NAID

      120001392812

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Effect of the volume reduction rate of emulsion-phase gas on the fluidization quality of fluidized catalyst beds2006

    • Author(s)
      T Kai, K Toriyama, T Takahashi, M Nakajima
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 159

      Pages: 497-500

    • NAID

      110004994223

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report 2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Effect of volume decrease on fluidization quality of fluidized catalyst beds2006

    • Author(s)
      T Kai, K Toriyama, T Takahashi, M Nakajima
    • Journal Title

      AIChE J. 52

      Pages: 3210-3215

    • NAID

      120001392812

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Effet of Volume Decrease on Fluidization Quality of Fluidized Catalyst Beds2006

    • Author(s)
      T Kai, K Toriyama, T Takahashi, M Nakajima
    • Journal Title

      AlChE J. 52

      Pages: 3210-3215

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Fluidization Quality of Fluidized Catalyst Beds Involving a Decrease in Gas Volume2005

    • Author(s)
      T Kai, K Toriyama, T Takahashi, M Nakajima
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of Pacific Chemical Reaction Engineering Symposium

      Pages: 333-334

    • NAID

      120001392815

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2005-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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