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Optimization of the direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from CO₂ rich synthesis gas: Closing the loop between experimental investigations and model-based reactor design

Delgado Otalvaro, N. 1; Kaiser, M.; Herrera Delgado, K. ORCID iD icon 1; Wild, S. 1; Sauer, J. ORCID iD icon 1; Freund, H.
1 Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract (englisch):

Reaction kinetic modeling, model-based optimization and experimental validation are performed for the direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from CO2 rich synthesis gas. Among these disciplines, experimental methods and models are aligned in a stringent way of action, i.e., the same setup and models are applied throughout the whole contribution. First, a lumped reaction kinetic model from the literature is modified and parametrized to fit a vast array of 240 data points measured in a laboratory fixed bed reactor. The data were acquired using a mechanical mixture of the commercial catalysts CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 and γ-Al2O3. For this setup, a predictive model is derived and applied within dynamic model-based optimization. Here, the single-pass COx conversion serves as objective function while the operating conditions and composition of the mixed catalyst bed are the optimization variables. Finally, the optimization results obtained numerically are validated experimentally verifying the identified performance enhancement qualitatively. The remaining quantitative deviations yield valuable insights into model and methodological weaknesses or inaccuracies, closing the loop between kinetic investigations, model-based optimization and experimental validation.


Verlagsausgabe §
DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000120993
Veröffentlicht am 07.07.2020
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1039/d0re00041h
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Zitationen: 13
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Katalyseforschung und -technologie (IKFT)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2020
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2058-9883
KITopen-ID: 1000120993
HGF-Programm 37.03.02 (POF III, LK 01) Components and Process Development
Erschienen in Reaction chemistry & engineering
Verlag Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Band 5
Heft 5
Seiten 949-960
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 01.04.2020
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