Multiscale modelling of CO2 reduction to methanol over industrial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 heterogeneous catalyst: linking ab initio surface reaction kinetics with reactor fluid …

A Pavlišič, M Huš, A Prašnikar, B Likozar - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
There has been a growing trend to couple different levels of modelling, such as going from
first-principle calculations to the meso (eg kinetic Monte Carlo-KMC) and macro scale (eg …

Direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from syngas over Cu-based catalysts: Enhanced selectivity in the presence of MgO

S Asthana, C Samanta, A Bhaumik, B Banerjee… - Journal of catalysis, 2016 - Elsevier
Direct synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from syngas was investigated over a series of
hybrid catalytic systems containing a Cu-based methanol synthesis component with varying …

Development of an Efficient Methanol Production Process for Direct CO2 Hydrogenation over a Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 Catalyst

F Samimi, MR Rahimpour, A Shariati - Catalysts, 2017 - mdpi.com
Carbon capture and utilization as a raw material for methanol production are options for
addressing energy problems and global warming. However, the commercial methanol …

A comparative study of combination of Fischer–Tropsch synthesis reactors with hydrogen-permselective membrane in GTL technology

MR Rahimpour, H Elekaei - Fuel Processing Technology, 2009 - Elsevier
This work proposes a one dimensional heterogeneous model to analyze the performance of
combination of Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) reactors in which a fixed-bed reactor is …

Experimental investigation of hydrogen production through heavy naphtha cracking in pulsed DBD reactor

H Taghvaei, MM Shirazi, N Hooshmand… - Applied energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Cracking of heavy naphtha is studied experimentally in a nanosecond pulsed DBD plasma
reactor. The system has been evaluated for instant production of light gaseous …

Synthesis gas production in a novel hydrogen and oxygen perm-selective membranes tri-reformer for methanol production

MR Rahimpour, ZA Aboosadi, AH Jahanmiri - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2012 - Elsevier
Tri-reforming is a synergetic combination of carbon dioxide reforming, steam reforming and
partial oxidation of methane in a single unit for effective production of synthesis gas. In this …

Techno-economic analysis (TEA) for CO2 reforming of methane in a membrane reactor for simultaneous CO2 utilization and ultra-pure H2 production

S Kim, SK Ryi, H Lim - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Techno-economic analysis (TEA) for CO 2 reforming of methane in a membrane reactor
(MR) was conducted by using process simulation and economic analysis. Parametric …

Enhancement of gasoline production in a novel hydrogen-permselective membrane reactor in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis of GTL technology

AA Forghani, H Elekaei, MR Rahimpour - international journal of hydrogen …, 2009 - Elsevier
In this work a novel reactor configuration with hydrogen-permselective membrane is
proposed for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis. In this configuration the synthesis gas is fed to the …

A novel configuration for hydrogen production from coupling of methanol and benzene synthesis in a hydrogen-permselective membrane reactor

MH Khademi, A Jahanmiri, MR Rahimpour - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Coupling energy intensive endothermic reaction systems with suitable exothermic reactions
improve the thermal efficiency of processes and reduce the size of the reactors. One type of …

Modeling of synthesis gas and hydrogen production in a thermally coupling of steam and tri-reforming of methane with membranes

H Rahnama, M Farniaei, M Abbasi… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this novel study, tri-reforming process was used as a heat source to proceed steam
reforming of methane in a two membrane hydrogen perm-selective Pd/Ag thermally coupled …