Syngas reactor, planar membranes

Installation of the PDU system was completed, and the PDU reactor system and PDU membrane modules were commissioned at high temperature and pressure with a s mgas mixture. The PDU integrates the various components of the ITM Syngas/ITM H2 reactor design and will be used to confirm the performance of the planar membrane modules and seals under commercial process conditions. The PDU reactor is shown in Figure 4. 

Figure 8.13 Cross-section of a conceptual syngas reactor for planar membranes showing the stacks of planar membranes (top), air feed manifolding to the stacks (middle) and the nonpermeate exit manifolding (bottom).

Figure 8.14 Figure 5 from U.S. Patent Application 20050031531 A1 [27] showing a longitudinal cross-section ofa reactor for planar membranes, and showingthe stacks of membranes (501, 503, etc), the reactant feed (517),the syngas product (557), the fresh air feed (553), the nonpermeate (555) exhaust (555). 

Diethehn S., Sfeir J., Clemens F., Van herle J., Favrat D., Planar and tubular perovskite-type membrane reactors for the partial oxidation of methane to syngas , J Solid State Electrochem (8) (2004)611-617. 

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