A THERMODYNAMIC INVESTIGATION INTO STEAM-METHANE REFORMING AND THE SYNTHESIS OF METHANE FROM CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDROGEN

摘要

In this study the steam-methane equilibrium reaction was investigated by considering both methane synthesis from hydrogen and carbon monoxide and by considering steam-methane reforming from methane and steam. A FORTRAN computer program was written to carry out all the calculations over a wide range of temperatures, pressures, and initial compositions. The products of each process as a function of pressure, temperature, and starting ratio of reactant gases were calculated, as well as the heats involved. In both processes the minimum ratios above which no carbon precipitates were determined as a function of temperature and pressure.