(583o) Spatio-Temporal Modeling and Dynamic Simulation of a Multi-Tubular Fixed-Bed Reactor for the Gtl Synthesis On the FPSO Environment | AIChE

(583o) Spatio-Temporal Modeling and Dynamic Simulation of a Multi-Tubular Fixed-Bed Reactor for the Gtl Synthesis On the FPSO Environment

Authors 

Hong, G. H. - Presenter, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Shin, D. P., Myongji University
Park, J., Myongji University



Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) is one alternative method of petroleum fuel production technology, e.g., BTL(Bio to Liquid), CTL(Coal to Liquid). And most of GTL processes has Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction. Recently, World fuel consumption is ever increasing and thus crude oil price is also on continuous rise. Hence GTL technology is spotlighted in energy industry lately. In addition large quantity of stranded gas has been discovered. So we need to designed new concept of combine with GTL and FPSO (Floating Production Storage and offloading). This research focuses on the GTL-FPSO process to produce synthetic fuel, requiring a highly efficient, compact reactor for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction. Since It has problem for limitation of spatial in FPSO environment. Laminating a multi-tubular type of compact fixed-bed reactor is considered to get the required yield, but it usually has problems of  catalyst and equipment damage and low yield caused by hotspot and pressure drop. We analyze the performance of multi-tubular fixed-bed reactor through dynamic simulation of the reactor interior using by COMSOL Multiphysics based on CFD. In this work, we gained kinetic data of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction necessary to simulation from existing literature.