Thermochemical performance analysis of solar driven CO2 methane reforming

Wang Fuqiang, Tan Jianyu, Jin Huijian and Leng Yu

Energy, 2015, vol. 91, issue C, 645-654

Abstract: Increasing CO2 emission problems create urgent challenges for alleviating global warming, and the capture of CO2 has become an essential field of scientific research. In this study, a finite volume method (FVM) coupled with thermochemical kinetics was developed to analyze the solar driven CO2 methane reforming process in a metallic foam reactor. The local thermal non-equilibrium (LTNE) model coupled with radiative heat transfer was developed to provide more temperature information. A joint inversion method based on chemical process software and the FVM coupled with thermochemical kinetics was developed to obtain the thermochemical reaction parameters and guarantee the calculation accuracy. The detailed thermal and thermochemical performance in the metal foam reactor was analyzed. In addition, the effects of heat flux distribution and porosity on the solar driven CO2 methane reforming process were analyzed. The numerical results can serve as theoretical guidance for the solar driven CO2 methane reforming application.

Keywords: CO2 capture; Methane reforming; Metal foam; Solar energy; Local thermal non-equilibrium; LTNE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.08.080

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