Co-production of hydrogen and carbon black from solar thermal methane splitting in a tubular reactor prototype

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 645-652

  Rodat, Sylvain ^a   Abanades, Stéphane ^a   Flamant, Gilles ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon black; Hydrogen; Methane cracking; Process economics; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

CARBON YIELD; CO-PRODUCTION; CUBIC CAVITIES; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; GAS RESIDENCE; HYDROGEN COSTS; METHANE CRACKING; MOLE FRACTION; NANOMATERIAL; PROCESS ECONOMICS; PROCESS FLOW-SHEET; QUARTZ WINDOWS; REACTING GAS; REACTION ZONES; RESIDENCE TIME; SOLAR IRRADIATION; SOLAR REACTORS; SOLAR THERMAL; STEAM METHANE REFORMING; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TUBULAR REACTORS;

ACETYLENE; CARBON BLACK; CHEMICAL PLANTS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METHANE; PYROLYSIS; QUARTZ; REACTION KINETICS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; STEAM REFORMING; TEMPERATURE;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ACETYLENE; BLACK CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COGENERATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS FLOW; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; IRRADIANCE; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; QUARTZ; RESIDENCE TIME; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; THERMAL POWER;

POLYGALA INCARNATA;

EID: 79952251606     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Abanades S., Flamant G. Hydrogen production from solar thermal dissociation of methane in a high-temperature fluid-wall chemical reactor. Chem. Eng. Process. Process Intensif. 2008, 47:490-498.
2. Adams R. Booming world carbon black demand but price rises fail to keep pace with rising gas & feedstock costs. Focus Pigm. 2007, 3:1-2.
3. Back M.H., Back R.A. Thermal Decomposition and Reactions of Methane. Pyrolysis. Theory and Industrial Practice 1983, Academic Press, New York, pp. 1-24.
4. Billaud F., Guéret G., Weill J. Thermal decomposition of pure methane at 1263K. Experiments and mechanistic modelling. Thermochim. Acta 1992, 211:303-322.
5. Charvin P., Abanades S., Lemort F., Flamant G. Analysis of solar chemical processes for hydrogen production from water splitting thermochemical cycles. Energy Convers. Manage. 2008, 49:1547-1556.
6. Dahl J.K., Buechler K.J., Finley R., Stanislaus T., Weimer A.W., Lewandowski A., Bingham C., Smeets A., Schneider A. Rapid solar-thermal dissociation of natural gas in an aerosol flow reactor. Energy 2004, 29:715-725.
7. Dahl J.K., Buechler K.J., Weimer A.W., Lewandowski A., Bingham C. Solar-thermal dissociation of methane in a fluid-wall aerosol flow reactor. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2004, 29:725-736.
8. DOE (Department of Energy) A multi-year plan for the hydrogen R&D program. Rationale, structure and technology roadmaps. Office of power delivery and office of power technologies 1999, US Department of Energy.
9. DOE, 2004. DOE Spreadsheet Download at http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov//h2a_production.html.
10. Donnet J.B., Bansal R.C., Wang M.J. Carbon Black 1993, Marcel Dekker, New York. second ed.
11. Hirsch D., Steinfeld A. Solar hydrogen production by thermal decomposition of natural gas using a vortex-flow reactor. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2004, 29:47-55.
12. Hirsch D., Epstein M., Steinfeld A. The solar thermal decarbonization of natural gas. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2001, 26:1023-1033.
13. Kogan M., Kogan A. Production of hydrogen and carbon by solar thermal methane splitting. I. The unseeded reactor. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2003, 28:1187-1198.
14. Kogan A., Kogan M., Barak S. Production of hydrogen and carbon by solar thermal methane splitting. II. Room temperature simulation tests of seeded solar reactor. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2004, 29:1227-1236.
15. Muradov N., Veziroglu T.N. ''Green'' path from fossil-based to hydrogen economy: An overview of carbon-neutral technologies. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2008, 33:6804-6839.
16. Nauman E.B. Residence time theory. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2008, 47:3752-3766.
17. Olsvik O., Rokstad O.A., Holmen A. Pyrolysis of methane in the presence of hydrogen. Chem. Eng. Technol. 1995, 18:349-358.
18. Rodat S., Abanades S., Coulié J., Flamant G. Kinetic modelling of methane decomposition in a tubular solar reactor. Chem. Eng. J. 2009, 146:120-127.
19. Rodat S., Abanades S., Sans J.L., Flamant G. Hydrogen production from solar thermal dissociation of natural gas: development of a 10kW solar chemical reactor prototype. Solar Energy 2009, 83:1599-1610.
20. Rodat S., Abanades S., Flamant G. High-temperature solar methane dissociation in a multitubular cavity-type reactor in the temperature range 1823-2073K. Energy Fuels 2009, 23:2666-2674.
21. Steinfeld A., Palumbo R. Encyclopedia of Physical Science & Technologie 2001, vol. 15:237-256. Academic Press.
22. 4 by direct irradiation of a vortex-flow laden with carbon particles. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2004, 29:627-633.
23. Wyss J., Martinek J., Kerins M., Dahl J.K., Weimer A., Lewandowski A., Bingham C. Rapid solar-thermal decarbonization of methane in a fluid-wall aerosol flow reactor-fundamentals and application. Int. J. Chem. React. Eng. 2007, 5:A69.