Numerical Study to Define Initial Thermal Integration Window for Methane Oxidative Coupling with Dehydroaromatization Reactors

Table 8

Design parameters of autothermal coupled reactors according to targets in Table 7 and capacities in Figure 9.

Showcase #	Reactor	L	dtube	Tubes	Wcat	εd	Uoverall	Tp	TL	ΔP/Pin	Ʈ	XCH4	XO2	SC2/C6	YC2/C6
		cm	cm	—	kgs	%	W/m^2.K	°C	°C	%	sec	%	%	%	%
1^∗	OCM	100	3.0	1000	123	0	1200	84.3	0	13.6	0.3	52.8	100	78.2	41.3
	MDA		18.5		6667	0		9.3	60.3	0.9	1.3	11.1	—	18.4	2.0
2	OCM	100	18.4	1000	123	48.6	250	70.8	0	0.2	9.5	51.8	99.9	77.5	40.1
	MDA		25.9		6667	0		9.4	59.9	0.9	1.3	11.0	—	18.2	2.0
3	OCM	50	18.4	2000	123	48.6	250	71.1	0	0.1	9.5	51.8	99.9	77.5	40.2
	MDA		25.9		6667	0		9.5	59.9	0.3	1.3	11.0	—	18.3	2.0
4	OCM	200	18.4	500	123	48.6	250	69.7	0	0.1	9.5	51.6	99.9	77.5	40.0
	MDA		25.9		6667	0		8.5	59.9	0.3	1.3	11.0	—	18.0	2.0
5	OCM	25	11.6	10000	123	48.6	250	44.7	16.5	0.1	9.5	42.3	99.5	69.5	29.4
	MDA		16.4		6667	0		10.4	58.5	0.1	1.3	11.0	—	17.9	2.0
6	OCM	200	9.2	2000	123	48.6	250	37.9	27.0	0.6	9.5	38.7	100	65	25.1
	MDA		12.9		6667			10.7	58.0	4.7	1.3	11.1	—	17.7	2.0
7	OCM	100	20.6	1000	115	49.0	200	83.3	0	0.2	12.0	52.0	100	77.7	40.4
	MDA		27.5		6667	0		9.5	60.7	0.9	1.3	11.0	—	18.2	2.0