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. 2020 Dec 16;60(18):6421–6434. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c05131

Table 2. Operating and Inlet Conditions of Steam Reforming Tests and Corresponding Experimental Results of χCtar and Kinetic Constants kCtar,1app and KS.

  test 1 test 2 test 3 test 4 test 5 test 6
Process Conditions
P [atm] 1 1 1 1 1 1
T [°C] 800 800 750 750 700 700
W [g] 3.9 3.9 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5
Inlet
h [-] 7.92 7.92 7.92 7.92 7.92 7.92
c [-] 7.57 7.57 7.57 7.57 7.57 7.57
FN2,in [NL min–1] 600 600 780 780 780 780
tar concentration [g Nm–3dry] 30.0 10.0 12.8 12.8 12.8 12.8
H2S equivalent [ppmv] 100 100 40 40 40 40
FCtar,in [mol min–1] 1.35 × 10–2 4.5 × 10–3 7.5 × 10–3 7.5 × 10–3 7.5 × 10–3 7.5 × 10–3
αin [molH2O molCtar–1] 6.6 19.8 19.9 19.9 19.9 19.9
βin [molN2 molH2O–1] 3.0 3.0 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3
WHSV [molin h–1 kgcat–1] 570.0 556.1 466.0 466.0 466.0 466.0
WHSVCtar [molCtar,in h–1 kgcat–1] 20.8 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9
Outlet
χCtar,out [%] 29.2 30.5 38.5 38.2 21.3 21.9
Kinetic Calculations
kCtar,1app [m3 kgcat–1 min–1] 0.290 0.297 0.318 0.314 0.149 0.154
kCtar,1[m3 kgcat–1 min–1]a 2.148 2.148 1.205 1.205 0.636 0.636
KS [atm–1] 64181 62269 69708 70859 82053 78466
a

Calculated at T, by eq 7 with kCtar,10 = 297152 m3 kgcat–1 min–1 and Ea,1 = 105.6 kJ mol–1.25