Methanol steam reforming in microreactor with constructal tree-shaped network

摘要: The construcal tree-shaped network is introduced into the design of a methanol steam microreactor in context optimization flow configuration. A three-dimensional model for reaction this designed developed and numerically analyzed. conversion, CO concentration product total pressure drop gases with constructal are evaluated compared those serpentine reactor. It found that reforming enhanced microreactor, since reactor configuration, which acts an optimizer reactant distribution, provides space larger surface-to-volume ratio reduction velocities branches. Compared possesses higher conversion rate accompanied concentration. more than 10% over More particularly, distance makes still possess almost same as corresponding reactor, despite bifurcations induce extra local loss, channel size branches also causes losses.