The POXR and SMR methods adopted in producing hydrogen from methane gas are simulated and exergy analysis of both the processes are run for comparison. The effective parameters of the feeding materials ratio and the system temperature for maximizing hydrogen production and increasing efficiency are assessed here. Influenced by the changes in these parameters the unit efficiency is increased up ...

In high temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), Tri-isotropic (TRISO)-coated fuel particles are employed as fuel. the burnup coated particle, stress due to fission gas pressure and irradiation-induced pyrolytic carbon (PyC) shrinkage is introduced into coating layers consequently could cause failure of under irradiation condition. A model has developed predict fraction TRISO-coated particle ir...

An Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) has been integrated in a miniature high-pressure flow reactor for in-situ observations of heterogeneous catalytic reactions under conditions similar to those of industrial processes. The AFM can image model catalysts such as those consisting of metal nanoparticles on flat oxide supports in a gas atmosphere up to 6 bar and at a temperature up to 600 K, while the ...

N.B. Figure 4 should occupy a whole page in landscape orientation. Abstract When any exothermic chemical reaction occurs inside e.g. an unstirred spherical vessel, the heating effect of the reaction often induces temperature gradients and consequently natural convection. This work sets out to compare previously measured temperatures at different positions inside such a batch reactor with values...

Thermal stratification phenomena are very common in pool type reactor systems, such as the liquid-salt cooled Advanced High Temperature Reactor (AHTR) and liquid-metal cooled fast reactor systems. It is important to accurately predict the temperature and density distributions both for design optimization and accident analysis. Current reactor system analysis codes only provide lumped-volume bas...

Silicon microspheres produced in gas-phase by hot-wall CVD offer unique quality in terms of sphericity, surface smoothness, and size. However, the spheres produced are polydisperse in size, which typically range from 0.5 μm to 5 μm. In this work we show through experiments and calculations that thermophoretic forces arising from strong temperature gradients inside the reactor volume effectively...

A new high-temperature flow reactor experiment utilizing the powerful molecular beam mass spectrometry (MBMS) technique for detailed observation of gas phase kinetics in reacting flows is presented. The reactor design provides a consequent extension of the experimental portfolio of validation experiments for combustion reaction kinetics. Temperatures up to 1800 K are applicable by three individ...

The high-temperature rate of reaction of the homogeneous, reverse water-gas shift reaction, rWGSR, has been evaluated in quartz reactors with rapid feed pre-heating at low-pressure and high-pressure conditions. The form of the powerlaw rate expression was consistent with the Bradford mechanism. The Arrhenius expressions for the reaction rate constant corresponding to the empty reactor were in v...

Some characteristics of Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB), Expended Granule Sludge Blanket (EGSB), and Static Granular Bed Reactor (SGBR) were investigated in order to compare performances of the three and recognize advantages and disadvantages, respectively. The UASB reactor is developed in the late 1970s and became rapidly widespread due to great performances. With granules, this reactor...