Heat Extraction From The Catalytic Combustion Of Low Concentration Methane In A Reverse Flow Reactor

It's very important to extract heat from the catalytic combustion of gas in coal beds which is rich in low concentration methane, in order to utilize the lower grade energy efficiently, protect the environment and control the safety of coal mine. The characteristics of methane in coal beds are low concentration and large in amount. The integrated reactors and operations are needed to ensuring the autothermal operation and heat recovery efficiently. The technology of catalytic combustion in reverse flow reactor integrates the process of preheating, reaction and heat recovery together, which is acknowledged to be forced unsteady-state process. In this paper, at the background of utilizing the gas in coal beds, the investigation of heat extraction from the catalytic combustion of low concentration methane in a reverse flow reactor was developed.The catalytic combustion of low concentration methane was systematically investigated in a pilot scale reverse flow reactor. The...