Zamaniyan A., Bahadoran F., Ghadirian H., 2012, Tube Fitted Bulk Monolithic Catalyst as a Novel Concept for Hydrogen Production for Fuel Cell Application, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 29, 1105-1110.
A novel fixed bed reactor for natural gas steam reforming reaction using bulk monolithic catalyst (BMC), the so-called tube fitted bulk monolithic catalyst (TFBMC), is presented. The physical parameters of various TFBMC shapes have been analysed. Using modelling analysis, the performance of the selected TFBMC configuration as compared with the other BMC configuration and commercial pellet shape have been studied and analysed for hydrogen production by natural gas reforming reaction. It was indicated that the intraparticle mass transfer limitation can be eliminated and the size of rector can decrease considerably which are necessary for fuel cell application.
