Effect of catalytic combustion of hydrogen on the dehydration processes in a membrane reactor. III. calculation of the industrial reactor

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This paper describes the mathematical simulation of an industrial membrane reactor for propane dehydrogenation in the thermodynamic coupling with hydrogen combustion (oxidation). Due to the effective removal of hydrogen through a membrane and the heat release as a result of an exothermic reaction, the temperature of the reaction stream at the input could be reduced to 500◦C. The fact that the process is carried out on an industrial-level membrane reactor makes it possible to reach a propane conversion of 75% with a propylene selectivity of 97%, which exceeds the figures obtained per pass in existing industrial devices at higher temperatures.