Effect of hydrogen addition on the catalytic combustion of fuel-lean carbon monoxide-air mixtures over platinum for micro-scale power generation applications

  • Junjie Chen
  • Longfei Yan
  • Wenya Song
  • Deguang Xu

Abstract

The catalytic combustion of hydrogen and carbon monoxide over Pt/ -Al2O3 catalyst was investigated numerically forH2/CO/O2/N2 mixtures with overall lean equivalence ratios ' = 0.117 .. 0.167, H2:CO molar ratios 1:1.5 .. 1:6, a pressureof 0.6 MPa, and a surface temperature range from 600 to 770 K relevant for micro-scale turbines and large gas turbinebased power generation systems. Simulations were carried out with a two-dimensional CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)model in conjunction with detailed hetero-/homogeneous kinetic schemes and transports to explore the impact of hydrogenaddition on catalytic combustion of carbon monoxide. The detailed reaction mechanisms were constructed by implementingrecent updates to existing kinetic models. The simulation results indicated that the hydrogen addition kinetically promotes thecatalytic combustion of carbon monoxide at wall temperatures as low as 600 K, whereby the catalytic reactions of hydrogenare fully lit-off and the conversion of carbon monoxide is mixed transport/kinetically controlled. Such a low temperature limitis of great interest to idling and part-load operation in large gas turbines and to normal operation for recuperative micro-scaleturbine systems. Kinetic analysis demonstrated that the promoting impact of hydrogen addition on catalytic combustion of carbonmonoxide is attributed to the indirect effect of hydrogen reactions on the surface species coverage, while direct couplingsteps between hydrogen and carbon monoxide are of relatively minor importance. The added hydrogen inhibits the catalyticoxidation of carbon monoxide for wall temperatures below 520 K, which are well below the minimum inlet temperatures ofreactants in micro-scale turbine based power generation systems.

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Published
2018-05-21
How to Cite
CHEN, Junjie et al. Effect of hydrogen addition on the catalytic combustion of fuel-lean carbon monoxide-air mixtures over platinum for micro-scale power generation applications. Journal of Power Technologies, [S.l.], v. 98, n. 1, p. 161–169, may 2018. ISSN 2083-4195. Available at: <https://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/708>. Date accessed: 28 mar. 2024.
Section
Combustion and Fuel Processing

Keywords

Catalytic combustion; Hydrogen promotion; Carbon monoxide; Synthesis gas; Power generation system

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