Simulation of Outlet Hot Gas Withdrawal from a Reverse Flow Reactor for Thermal Oxidation of Lean Methane

Author

Liu Ruixiang ; Liu Yongqi ; Gao Zhenqiang ; Zheng Bin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Transp. & Vehicle Eng., Shandong Univ. of Technol., Zibo, China

fYear

2009

fDate

11-13 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Results of simulation concerning a reverse flow reactor for thermal oxidation of lean methane are presented. The method termed outlet heat gas withdrawal is employed and analyzed. The method is direct withdrawal of heat from the outlet of the reactor. Simulations show that a relation exists between the outlet temperature of hot gas withdrawal and the methane concentration. The results reveal that outlet hot gas withdrawal guarantees symmetry of the semi-cycle temperature profiles of reverse flow and the cyclic steady state operation of the reactor can be easily obtained.

Keywords

aerodynamics; flow simulation; global warming; oxidation; cyclic steady state operation; heat withdrawal; lean methane; methane concentration; outlet hot gas withdrawal; reverse flow reactor; thermal oxidation; Analytical models; Cascading style sheets; Cooling; Global warming; Heat transfer; Inductors; Oxidation; Steady-state; Temperature; Thermal engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering , 2009. ICBBE 2009. 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2901-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2902-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5163392

Filename

5163392