TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermodynamic analysis of hydrogen production via hydrothermal gasification of hexadecane
AU - Alshammari, Yousef M.
AU - Hellgardt, Klaus
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank to KAUST and the Saudi Arabian Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu for their financial sponsorship of this project.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - This work reports the equilibrium behaviour of the hydrothermal gasification of hexadecane, a heavy saturate model compound, under non-oxidative isothermal and oxidative adiabatic conditions, using the Peng-Robinson equation of state and the direct minimisation of Gibbs free energy employed within the Aspen HYSYS. This modelling enabled establishing both the limits and optimum conditions at which the hydrogen molar yield may be theoretically maximised. The effects of parameters including the reactor isothermal temperature, pressure, water to carbon ratio, and oxygen to carbon ratio on the molar yields of produced gaseous species were analysed. The model has been validated by comparing its results with different reported modelling and experimental data under identical conditions which resulted in a good agreement. The results reported in this work show the potential of achieving economic yields of hydrogen and syngas from liquid hydrocarbons under downhole hydrothermal conditions. © 2011, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights.
AB - This work reports the equilibrium behaviour of the hydrothermal gasification of hexadecane, a heavy saturate model compound, under non-oxidative isothermal and oxidative adiabatic conditions, using the Peng-Robinson equation of state and the direct minimisation of Gibbs free energy employed within the Aspen HYSYS. This modelling enabled establishing both the limits and optimum conditions at which the hydrogen molar yield may be theoretically maximised. The effects of parameters including the reactor isothermal temperature, pressure, water to carbon ratio, and oxygen to carbon ratio on the molar yields of produced gaseous species were analysed. The model has been validated by comparing its results with different reported modelling and experimental data under identical conditions which resulted in a good agreement. The results reported in this work show the potential of achieving economic yields of hydrogen and syngas from liquid hydrocarbons under downhole hydrothermal conditions. © 2011, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/600000
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0360319911023949
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84858299105&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.10.035
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.10.035
M3 - Article
SN - 0360-3199
VL - 37
SP - 5656
EP - 5664
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
IS - 7
ER -
