Abstract

To purify hydrogen gas from synthesis gas using a adsorption process, SAPO 34 adsorbent was used. Due to the strong adsorption of carbon dioxide in this adsorbent, it is not possible to recover the adsorbent by reducing the pressure alone, and it is necessary to use thermal operations for recovery. For this purpose, a temperature swing adsorption (TSA) process is used to increase the purity of hydrogen for use in fuel cells. To investigate the optimum operational conditions, various temperatures and different pressures of input gas were investigated to compare the purity and recovery of adsorption process. The TSA process was simulated for pressures of 11, 22 and 33 bars and the recovery percentage of each process was calculated. According to the results obtained, the recovery value at 33 bars is better than the other two pressures, but due to the fact that operational and initial costs increase at high pressures; 22 bar pressure was chosen to present the remaining results. In this work, the total amount of material and the molar rate are also reported. The average purity of the components in the product and waste outlet streams has also been presented. Accordingly, the average molar fraction of hydrogen in the product outlet stream is 99.96% in the temperature increase stage, 99.94% and in the stream used for temperature reduction is 99.96%.

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