Microchannel Reactor for Hydrocarbon Fuel Synthesis from CO<sub>2</sub> Catalytic Hydrogenation

LUO Pan; TAN Wenjie; HU Enxiang; YANG Yingju; HUA Zhixuan; LIU Jing

doi:10.16516/j.ceec.2024.4.02

SOUTHERN ENERGY CONSTRUCTION > 2024 > 11(4): 16-22. > DOI: 10.16516/j.ceec.2024.4.02 CSTR: 32391.14.j.ceec.2024.4.02

LUO Pan, TAN Wenjie, HU Enxiang, et al. Microchannel reactor for hydrocarbon fuel synthesis from CO₂ catalytic hydrogenation [J]. Southern energy construction, 2024, 11(4): 16-22. DOI: 10.16516/j.ceec.2024.4.02

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Microchannel Reactor for Hydrocarbon Fuel Synthesis from CO₂ Catalytic Hydrogenation

State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion and Low-Carbon Utilization, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China

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Received Date: April 23, 2023
Revised Date: July 19, 2023
Available Online: July 11, 2024

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Introduction CO₂ catalytic hydrogenation for fuel synthesis is an economically feasible and large-scale implementable technology for CO₂ utilization, which can solve the problems of environment and resource shortage, and has gained wide attention in recent years. In this work, a microchannel reactor for CO₂ catalytic hydrogenation to synthesize hydrocarbon fuels is developed.
Method Based on the design concept of thermodynamic calculation, catalyst preparation, reactor design, structure optimization and performance testing, an anlysis was carried out.
Result The thermodynamic analysis shows that hydrocarbon fuels can be produced from CO₂ catalytic hydrogenation. Six iron-based catalysts are developed to improve the reaction rate of hydrocarbon fuel synthesis. Based on the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation, the structure of the microchannel reactor is designed and optimized. The microchannel reactor has the advantages of simple-compact structure and strong heat-mass transfer capability. The experimental results show that the Zn-Fe catalyst exhibits the best performance of CO₂ catalytic hydrogenation for the synthesis of low-carbon olefins. CO₂ conversion and low-carbon olefins selectivity are 32% and 44% respectively.
Conclusion The microchannel reactor designed in this work has the dual functions of CO₂ utilization for hydrocarbon fuel synthesis, which is of great significance to China's response to climate change, the realization of the dual-carbon target and the development of hydrocarbon fuel industry.
- carbon dioxide,
- hydrocarbon fuels,
- catalytic hydrogenation,
- microchannel reactor,
- iron-based catalysts

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