Artículo
Multi-Tubular Reactor for Hydrogen Production: CFD Thermal Design and Experimental Testing
Autor/es | Tapia Martín, Elvira
González-Pardo, Aurelio Iranzo Paricio, José Alfredo Romero, Manuel González-Aguilar, José Vidal, Alfonso Martín-Betancourt, Mariana Rosa Iglesias, Manuel Felipe |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Ingeniería Energética |
Fecha de publicación | 2019-01 |
Fecha de depósito | 2019-04-23 |
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Resumen | This study presents the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) thermal design and
experimental tests results for a multi-tubular solar reactor for hydrogen production based on the ferrite
thermochemical cycle in a pilot plant ... This study presents the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) thermal design and experimental tests results for a multi-tubular solar reactor for hydrogen production based on the ferrite thermochemical cycle in a pilot plant in the Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA). The methodology followed for the solar reactor design is described, as well as the experimental tests carried out during the testing campaign and characterization of the reactor. The CFD model developed for the thermal design of the solar reactor has been validated against the experimental measurements, with a temperature error ranging from 1% to around 10% depending on the location within the reactor. The thermal balance in the reactor (cavity and tubes) has been also solved by the CFD model, showing a 7.9% thermal efficiency of the reactor. CFD results also show the percentage of reacting media inside the tubes which achieve the required temperature for the endothermic reaction process, with 90% of the ferrite pellets inside the tubes above the required temperature of 900 C. The multi-tubular solar reactor designed with aid of CFD modelling and simulations has been built and operated successfully |
Identificador del proyecto | IPT- 2011-1323-920000
RNM-6127 |
Cita | Tapia Martín, E., González-Pardo, A., Iranzo A., Romero, M., González-Aguilar, J., Vidal, A.,...,Rosa Iglesias, M.F. (2019). Multi-Tubular Reactor for Hydrogen Production: CFD Thermal Design and Experimental Testing. Processes, 7 (1) |
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