Position, equilibrium temperature, impact

The impact of heat transfer limitations is illustrated with a generic example describing a best-case scenario (Fig. 1.5). The allowed maximum temperature of the reformer tube is assumed at 950 °C. Hence, the wall temperature and inlet temperature of the reaction gas are set to 950 °C. The reforming reaction is assumed to be instantaneous - that is, at each axial position conversion is set equal to the equilibrium conversion at the respective temperature Xequ(T). Dissipative effects (i.e.,... 

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