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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Hydrogen is a colourless, odourless and lightest gas known and
present in most organic compounds. One of the widely used method of
producing hydrogen is by passing steam through heated metal in the
presence of a metal oxide catalyst. Hydrogen finds application in major
industrial processes and the latest being its application as fuel in
hydrogen powered automobiles. Hence there is need for more efficient,
economical and effective method of production.
PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN FROM HEAVY OIL FEEDSTOCK
THE PROCESS DESCRIPTION
The major component of the feedstock is carbon, hydrogen andsulphur, which was mixed with preheated air (at 2100C) and steam at
600psig, 251.930C and passed into a combustor. Series of unit
processes and operation were carried out such as sulphur removal,
carbon removal etc (see process description).
OPERATING CONDITIONS OF THE PROCESS.
1 Hydrogen purity 95 percent
2 Heavy fuel oil feed stockrequirement
Viscosity of 900s containing carbon,hydrogen and sulphur
Heat capacity of 42.9m/kg
Specific gravity of 0.9435
3 Oxygen purity 95 percent at a temperature of 200c
and a pressure of 4140kn/m2
4. Steam requirement pressure of 4140kn/m2
5 Cooling water requirement Temperature of 250c
6 Electricity Voltage of 440v at 3-phase 50hz
7 Crude gas 100% volume(dry basis)8 Saturated scrubbed gas Temperature of 350c
MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION FOR AN ABSORBER:
The materials for constructing the absorber are as follows:
Stainless Steels Alloy Steels Other Plastic Materials Rubber Lined Steel Plastic Coatings
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There are various types of absorbers depending on whether the components
to be absorbed are in a solid, liquid, or gaseous state. They are:
Open spray towers Packed towers Tray towers
The safety challenge is of two-folds:
1. Address the known risks (e.g. H2 leak) in a way that is compatible
with the operation. The conventional methods used by industry (large
clearance distances, personnel protective equipment) are not easily
applicable here;
2. Discover and address all the new risk factors brought in by the new
elements above and their combination.
Hydrogen gas forms explosive mixture with air if it is 4-74%
concentrated and with chlorine if it is 5-95% concentrated. The mixture
spontaneously explode with spark, heat or sunlight. Pure hydrogen-
oxygen flame emits ultraviolet light and are nearly invisible to the
naked eyes. Hydrogen can react spontaneously and violently at room
temperature with chlorine and fluorine to form the corresponding
hydrogen halides, hydrogen chlorides and hydrogen fluoride which are
also potentially dangerous acids.
ECONOMY
Hydrogen can be used as potential fuel for motor power (including cars
and boats), the energy needs of building and portable
electronics.Hydrogen is an energy carrier (like electricity) not a
primary energy source (like coal).
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INTRODUCTION
Following the new regulation in the last years, defining more stringent
limits for the emissions to the atmosphere, the necessity to find an
alternative use for the fuel oil has created a new challenge for the
refineries. At the same time the need to improve power production has
pushed energy companies, to enter the electricity market. In this frame
we have decided to design a new combined-cycle power plant to produce
20 million standard cubic feet per day of Hydrogen of at least 95 per cent
purity in which the process employed is the partial oxidation of oil
feedstock.
Hydrogen is a naturally occurring gas that is amazingly light it is in fact,
the lightest gas ever found which has no color, no smell and no taste.
Hydrogen is one of the most reactive substances in the world which is
also very flammable. Pure hydrogen gas is very hard to come by, this
means that hydrogen may need to be produced artificially, from either
fossil fuels or water.
The splitting of hydrogen compounds uses a lot of energy, Currently most
hydrogen is made by passing steam through natural gas, creating a
compound of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The compound is purified by
changing the carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and then the carbon
dioxide is dissolved in water. Hydrogen is left behind after this process.
The partial oxidation of heavy fuel oil feedstock is as an integral building
block for hydrogen production in the refining scheme whereby a feed
consisting of Carbon, Hydrogen and Sulphur are fed to a reactor with
Oxygen and Steam to give products which undergo three major stages to
obtain hydrogen in a pure form of at least 95% purity. The three major
stages are:
CO conversion H2S removal CO2 removal
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Our objective is therefore to accomplish these tasks using a maximum of
proven technology to produce a marketable product slate. Apart from the
partial oxidation method, oxygen can also be prepared in other various
processes such as, the haber process in fertilizers industries (from
ammonia), steam reforming (burning natural gas), direct water splitting
with high energy input, electrolysis and thermolysis under high
temperature(this is the most expensive processes), coal carbonization,
reduction of metal oxide,
In spite of all this various processes of hydrogen production, the partial
oxidation method is widely used in the industries and refineries because it
has some advantages over other process which are:
(1) It is the cheapest method
(2) It minimizes the rate of environmental pollution such as;
reducing sulphur, carbon(iv)oxide and nitrogen(iv)oxide
emissions.
(3) Low energy input
USES OF HYDROGEN.
Production of electricity in power stations Production of paints Fertilizer production Petrochemical industries (hydro-treating processes). Steel production.
Even with all these processes more research are still on for a more
efficient, economical and environmental friendly methods for the
production of hydrogen.
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LITERATURE REVIEW
Hydrogen is a major gas which is widely used in almost every sector of
production in the industry for producing gases, power, and several other
components for mans utilization. As earlier stated in the introduction,
there are various method of hydrogen production, but our case study
which is the partial oxidation of heavy fuel oil is one of the most wide
spread method of hydrogen production. It involves the conversion of
steam, oxygen and hydrocarbons to hydrogen and carbon oxides with or
without catalyst. The catalytic process which was used in this plant
design included two stages of catalytic conversion at a temperature of
370C and pressure of 4140KN/m2.
Generally, it is first necessary to prepare the fuel for feeding to the
reactor in the presence of preheated oxygen and steam whereby reaction
takes place and the product (gas) is treated to remove particulates and
other components that may be detrimental to the downstream processes.
From a process perspective, partial oxidation of gases and liquids is very
similar to the gasification of solids. The term gasification is used to refer
to all the applications of the various unit operations carried out in this
design process. A wide variety of feed stocks can be considered for
gasification, ranging from solids to liquids to gaseous streams. Although
when the feed is a gas or liquid, the operation is frequently referred to as
partial oxidation (POX). The major requirement for a suitable feedstock is
that it contains a significant content of carbon and hydrogen.
Oxygen at 99.5%v purity will be supplied from an air separation unit and
will be preheated prior to being introduced into the reactor (combustor).
The heat required to heat the feed streams and the extent of complete
combustion which occurs is a function of the amount of oxygen co-fed to
the combustor. Gasification temperature is controlled by the addition of
water or steam and for slurry feed stocks, the slurry water accomplishes
this control. For other feed stocks, such as heavy oils as used in this
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process, steam is injected with the feedstock to control temperature.
This steam injection may also be used to adjust the composition of the
product from the combustor (mixture of crude gas and carbon particles.
The following reaction take place in the oil mixture;
CnHm + n/2CO2 nCO + m/2H2
CnHm + H2O nCO + (n+m)/2H2
CO + H2O CO2 + H2
The cleaned gas is then sent to the column where the hydrogen content is
increased and fed to a purification section where it is upgraded to meet
the end use requirements of hydrogen of at least 95 per cent purity.
The optimal design of a hydrogen production and purification system is
based on the following set of criteria:
hydrogen demand required hydrogen delivery purity and pressure hydrogen recovery efficiency total plant integration opportunities system reliability, availability and maintenance requirements capital and operating costs
The choice of method employed for hydrogen prodution will depend on
feedstock availability, the physical characteristics of the feed, the
temperature and pressure needed to optimize the desired product yields.
If ultra pure hydrogen is required i.e. hydrogen of at least 95 percent
purity, either pressure swing adsorption or cryogenic separation will
probably have to be employed but if hydrogen purity is to be below 95
percent, membrane separation can be used to purify the gas.
In the selection of the process units in the cleanup section which
comprises of the quencher, scrubber, the saturator and desaturator, the
various absorbers, and measures applied for the final hydrogen
purification, is dependent on the quality of the raw gas from the reaction
and the ultimate end-use of the product hydrogen. In this case, filters
were used for particulate removal of gases such as carbon from the
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quencher. Also, the sulphides and ammonia can be removed with the use
of a variety of commercial processes which include both regenerable and
non-regenerable solid adsorption and liquid absorption processes. The
carbon dioxide in the gas may be removed or absorbed by utilizing one of
the commercial liquid absorption processes that employ either a physical
solvent or a regenerated chemical solvent such as an amine or hot
potassium carbonate.
From the various methods of hydrogen production, steam reforming is the
method that has a close relationship with the partial oxidation of heavy
fuel oil as it involves the burning of natural gas. Steam reforming or partial
oxidation is used to maximize hydrogen content of the gas. Steam
reforming has the advantage of being a well-established process. Its
disadvantage is it requires steam and a separate heating source to
provide the heat of reaction. In contrast, partial oxidation is an emerging
technology and the heat of reaction is generated in the reactor by
combustion of some of the feed.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS
Heavy fuel oil feedstock is delivered into the suction of metering-type ram
pumps which feed it via-a steam preheater into the combustor of a
refractory-lined flame reactor. The feedstock must be healed to 200C in
the preheater to ensure efficient atomization in the combustor. A mixture
of oxygen and steam is also fed to the combustor, the oxygen being
preheated in a separate steam preheater to 210C before being mixed with
the reactant steam. The crude gas, which will contain some carbon
particles, leaves the reactor at approximately 1300C and passes
immediately into a special waste-heat boiler where steam at 600 psig
(4140 kN/m2 gauge) is generated. The crude gas leaves the waste heat
boiler at 250C and is further cooled to 50C by direct quenching with
water, , which also serves to remove the carbon as a suspension. The
analysis of the quenched crude gas is as follows:
H2 47.6 percent vol (dry basis)
CO2 8.3 percent vol (dry basis)
CO 42.1 percent vol (dry basis)
CH4 0.I percent vol (dry basis)
H2S 0.5 percent vol (dry basis)
N2 1.40 percent vol (dry basis)
100.0 per cent vol (dry basis)
For the primary flame reaction steam and oxygen arc fed to the reactor at
the following rales:
Steam 0.75 kg/kg of heavy fuel oil feedstock Oxygen 1.16 kg/kg of heavy
fuel oil feedstock. The carbon produced in the flame reaction, and which
is subsequently removed as carbon suspension in water, amounts to 1.5
per cent by weight of the fuel oil feedstock charge. Some I-I2S present in
the crude gas is removed by contact with the quench water. The
quenched gas passes to an H2S removal stage where it may be assumed
that H2S is selectively scrubbed down to 15 parts per million with
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substantially nil removal of CO2. Solution regeneration in this process is
undertaken using the waste low-pressure steam from another process.
The scrubbed gas, at 35C and saturated, has then to undergo CO
conversion, final H2S removal, and CO2 removal to allow it to meet the
product specification.
CO conversion is carried out over chromium-promoted iron oxide catalyst
employing two stages of catalytic conversion; the plant also incorporates
a saturator and desaturator operating with a hot water circuit.
Incoming gas is introduced into the saturator (a packed column) where it
is contacted with hot water pumped from the base of the desaturator; this
process serves to preheat the gas and to introduce into it some of the
water vapour required as reactant. The gas then passes to two heat
exchangers in series. In the first, the unconverted gas is heated, against
the converted gas from the second stage of catalytic conversion; in the
second heat exchanger the unconverted gas is further healed against the
converted gas from the first stage of catalytic conversion. The remaining
water required as reactant is then introduced into the unconverted gas as
steam at 000 psig (4140 kN/m2 gauge) saturated and the gas/steam
mixture passes to the catalyst vessel at a temperature of 3700C. The-
catalyst vessel is a single shell with a dividing plate separating the two
catalyst beds which constitute the two stages of conversion.
The converted gas from each stage passes to the heat exchangers
previously described and thence to the desaturator, which is a further
packed column. In this column the converted gas is contacted
countercurrent with hot water pumped from the saturator base; the
temperature of the gas is reduced and the deposited water is absorbed in
the hot-water circuit. An air-cooled heat exchanger then reduces the
.temperature of the converted gas to 40C for final H2S removal. Final H2S
removal takes place in four vertical vessels each approximately 60 feet
(18.3 m) in height and 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter and equipped with five
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trays of iron oxide absorbent. Each vessel is provided with a locking lid of
the autoclave type. The total pressure drop across these vessels is 5 psi
(35 kN/m2). Gas leaving this .section of the plant contains less than 1ppm
of H2S and passes to the CO2 removal stage at a temperature of 35C. CO2
removal is accomplished employing high-pressure potassium carbonate
wash with solution regeneration.
THE HYSIS PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM:
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MATERIAL BALANCE
BASIS: HYDROGEN
PRODUCT: Hydrogen
SPECIFICATION: 6.424m3/sec
CONDITION: Temperature=308k, pressure=172.42*103N/m2
Hydrogen is quench crude gas
C0NDITION: Temperature=323k, pressure=206.9*103N/m3
P1*V1/T1=P2*V2/T2
P1=206.9*103N/m2
T1=323K
P2=172.42*103N/m2
T2=308K
V2=6.424m3/sec
V1=
V1=P2*V2*T1/(P1*T2)
=172.42*6.424*323/(206.9*308)
V1=5.614m3/sec
COMPONENT OF QUENCH CRUDE GAS
H2=47.6%v
CO=42.1%v
CO2=8.3%v
CH4-0.1%v
H2S-0.5%v
N2-1.4%v
Let the total volume of quench gas be P, where volume of Hydrogen inquench crude gas is 5.614m3/sec
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47.6*P/100=5.614
P=11.794m3/sec
Component of quench crude gas in volume
H2=5.614m3/sec
CO=42.1*11.794/100
=0.978m3/sec
Co2 =(8.3/100)*11.794
= 0.978m3/sec
CH4=(0.1/100)*11.794
=0.0118m3/sec
H2S=(0.5/100)*11.794
=0.0589m3/sec
N=(1.4/100)*11.794
=0.165m3/sec
NB: N2 feed into the reactor at 483k, pressure-206.9*103N/m2
Recall from Charles law; V1/T1=V2/T2
V1=V2*T1/T2
=483*0.165/323
=0.247m3/sec
NB; moles of N2 entering the reactor=moles of N2 leaving the reactor
From ideal gas law, PV=nRT
n=PV/RT
=(206.9*103*0.247)/8.314*483
=12.73mol/sec
Converting to mass;
mass=moles*molar mass
12.73*(14*2)
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=0.356Kg/sec
Since air is 95% of oxygen and 5% nitrogen
Air supplied= (5/100)*Air=0.356
Air= (0.3559*100)/5
Air=7.127kg/sec
Oxygen supplied=(95/100)*7.127
=6.7704kg
1.16kg of oxygen----------------------------------------------------1kg of heavy fuel oil
6.7704kg----------------------------------------------------------------x
Therefore; x=1kg of heavy fuel oil*6.7704kg of oxygen/1.6kg of oxygen
=5.84kg of heavy fuel oil at 483k
Therefore moles of heavy fuel oil at 483k and 206.9*103N/m
Also, mass of heavy fuel oil supplied=5.84kg of heavy fuel oil
Carbon=(85/100)*5.84
=4.964kg/12kg/kmoles
=413.667moles
Hydrogen=(11/100)*5.84
=0.6424/kg/1kg/kmole
=642.4mole
Sulphur=(4/100)*5.84
=0.2336kg/32kg/kmole
=7.3moles
Amount of carbon suspension removed is (1.5/100)*5.84
=0.0876kg of carbon suspension
H2S removed of saturated scrubber gas
H2S at 323k=0.0589m3/sec
At 308k; from Charles law,
V1/T1=V2/T2
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Therefore, 0.0589/323=v2/308
V2==0.05616m3/sec at 308k
If 15ppm of H2S removed =0.0562-(15*10-6)*0.056
=0.0561m3/sec removed
Amount of H2S left=8.424*10-7m3/sec
Conversion of CO to CO2
Therefore CO+1/2O2-------CO2
CO : CO2
1 : 1
4.965M3/S : 4.965M3/S
Total CO2 formed=4.95+0.978=5.943m3/sec
Amount of H2 Removed finally at 308k
=8.424*10-7 m3/sec-
Product out of the process
H2 - 6.424 m3/secs
CH4 -
H2O - 1 x 10-6 m3/secs
Nv - at 350C - 308k
V1T2 = V2T1
For T1 =323k = SS
V1 =0.165 1 m3/s
0.1651 x 307 = V2 x 323
N2 = 0.1574 m3/s
CH4 at 350C = 308k
For T1 = 323k, V1 = 0.0118 m3/s
V2 = (0.0118 x 308)/323
CH4 = 0.0113 m3/s
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ENERGY BALANCE AROUND THE REACTOR:
Assumptions: Flow rate of air and steam is constant
Cp of air (T-T1) = Cp of steam (252.31T)
25.67 (T-210) = 2799.57 (252.31T)
T = 251.93oC
Energy balance within and out of the reactor:
From the reaction;
2C + O2 = 2CO
C + O2=CO2
H2 + S= H2S
Calculating the various enthalpies from the relations: a + bT + Ct 2= cp
Cp for carbon = specific heat capacity
From carbon
Cp= 11.18 + 1.095*10-2(473)-4.89*10-5(473)-2 =16.359
2 Cp of carbon =2*16.359
=32.7187
Cp of O2 =29.10 +1.158*10-2(200)0.6076*10-5*(200)-2
=31.416
Cp of sulphur = 2.68
Cp of H = 28.84 + 0.00765*10 -2(200) + 0.3288*10-5(200)-2
=28.85
Cp of N2=29.44
NB; heat loss= heat gained around reactor
Heat losses from the fuel gases, air, and steam are
CARBON
m CpT =32.718*(1300-200)*0.6424
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=23119.7475j/gmole/k
HYDROGEN
4.964*(1300-200)*28.85
=157532.54j/gmolek
SULPHUR
0.2336*(1300-200)*2.68
=688.6528j/gmole.k
AIR
Cp of air=28.94+0.4147(210) +0.319*10-2(210)-2
=116.027
M Cp air* T =7.127*116.027(1300-210)
=901347.63j/gmolek
STEAM
Cp =4140
M=7.127(same with air)
H = mcpT
=7.127*4140(1300-251.93)
=30924122.84j/gmolek
Therefore
Total energy inlet= total energy outlet
n=ii=1Hn=2311908475+157532054+688.6528+901347.63+30924122.84
=32006811.51j/gmolek
=32006811j/gmole.k
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR THE PROCESS
There are six (6) stages which describes this partial oxidation process in
details, they are;
(1) REACTION OF FEED: The heavy fuel oil fed to the combustorreacts with the input preheated oxygen and steam in which the
product consisting of crude gas and carbon particles leaves at
approximately 1300C to a waste heat boiler where steam is
generated at 4140KN/m2.
(2) REMOVAL OF CARBON: The product from the waste boiler entersthe quencher which removes the carbon particles as a suspension
at 50C. Some H2S in the crude was also removed at this stage while
some more were selectively scrubbed down when the quenched gas
was passed into the scrubber.
(3) CONVERSION OF CARBONMONOXIDE: This was carried out overchromium-promoted ironoxide catalyst where the catalytic
conversion took place in two stages involving the saturator, two
heat exchangers in series and a desaturator. The converted gas was
cooled at 40C and transferred to four (4) absorbers.
(4) REMOVAL OF HYDROGEN SULPHIDE: The absorbers absorbs theH2S in the presence of iron oxide absorbent whereby the gas leaving
this section contained H2S less than 1ppm at a total pressure drop
of 35KN/m2 across the four vessels.
(5)
REMOVAL OF CARBON(IV)OXIDE: At a temperature of 35C, in the
presence of a high-pressure potassium carbonate wash with
solution regeneration, the CO2 is absorbed in the absorber to
produce hydrogen with impurities.
(6)PURIFICATION OF HYDROGEN: The gas produced after CO2removal, is sent to this section where the specification is made to
meet up the end requirement of hydrogen at 95 percent purity.
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OPERATING CONDITIONS OF THE PROCESS.
1 Hydrogen purity 95 percent
2 Heavy fuel oil feed stock
requirement
Viscosity of 900s containing
carbon, hydrogen and sulphur
Heat capacity of 42.9m/kg
Specific gravity of 0.9435
3 Oxygen purity 95 percent at a temperature of
200c and a pressure of
4140kn/m2
4. Steam requirement pressure of 4140kn/m2
5 Cooling water requirement Temperature of 250c
6 Electricity Voltage of 440v at 3-phase 50hz
7 Crude gas 100% volume(dry basis)
8 Saturated scrubbed gas Temperature of 350c
MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION FOR AN ABSORBER:
The materials for constructing the absorber are as follows:
Stainless Steels Alloy Steels FRP Other Plastic Materials Rubber Lined Steel Plastic Coatings
There are various types of absorbers depending on whether the
components to be absorbed are in a solid, liquid, or gaseous state. They
are:
Open spray towers Packed towers Tray towers
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SAFETY MEASURES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Hydrogen is widely used today as a chemical product in various industries
(petrochemical, food, electronics, metallurgical processing etc.). So far,
the only significant energy application has been space programs.
Hydrogen is however emerging as a major component for a future
sustainable energy economy where hydrogen and electricity are foreseen
to be complimentary sustainable energy carriers1 with hydrogen
especially valid for movable or portable applications.
Hydrogen offers a unique method of reducing the fossil fuel dependency
while increasing the usage of renewable energy sources.
The main driving forces to introduce hydrogen as an energy carrier are
based on the limited fossil fuel resources in general, and the implicit
political dependencies creating a widespread and high level political need
to secure and diversify national energy supplies2. Environmental concerns
on urban pollution and the greenhouse effect are also important drivers
concerns over environmental impacts of continued fossil fuel use are
leading to development of decarbonisation technologies. In the short term,
it is believed that such technologies will be a source for low-cost
hydrogen production. Currently about 90 percent of the worlds hydrogen
production is based on fossil fuels and mainly natural gas4. In the long
term, the production needs to be based on the renewable energy sources
in order to reduce the pollution problem in a sustainable way. In the mean
time hydrogen production might be based on fossil fuels (natural gas
reforming, coal gasification) with CO2 sequestration and H2 production at
nuclear installations.
The safety challenges result not only from the implementation of hydrogen
technology for use directly by the public in a non-industrial context and for
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a completely new application. It lies also in the demanding performance
and cost targets imposed by the applications leading to:
the excursion to new domains of service conditions the introduction of new physical processes the use of new materials
The safety challenge is of two-folds:
1. Address the known risks (e.g. H2 leak) in a way that is compatible with
the operation. The conventional methods used by industry (large
clearance distances, personnel protecttive equipment) are not easily
applicable here;
2. Discover and address all the new risk factors brought in by the new
elements above and their combination.
Hydrogen gas forms explosive mixture with air if it is 4-74% concentrated
and with chlorine if it is 5-95% concentrated. The mixture spontaneously
explode with spark, heat or sunlight. Pure hydrogen-oxygen flame emits
ultraviolet light and are nearly invisible to the naked eyes. Hydrogen can
react spontaneously and violently at room temperature with chlorine and
fluorine to form the corresponding hydrogen halides, hydrogen chlorides
and hydrogen fluoride which are also potentially dangerous acids.
ECONOMY
Hydrogen can be used as potential fuel for motor power (including cars
and boats), the energy needs of building and portable electronics.
Hydrogen is an energy carrier (like electricity) not a primary energy source
(like coal). The utility of a hydrogen economy depends on issues of energy
sourcing, including fossil fuel use, climate change and sustainable energy
generation.
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CONCLUSION
From the process description, energy, material balance and process
design, the method of producing hydrogen from heavy oil feedstock is an
efficient and effective one.
From the energy balance carried out around the reactor mixer system, a
total energy of 32006.811kJ/gmol0c will be needed to produce 20 x 106
standard cubic feet of hydrogen per day of 95% purity.
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