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Methane POX Microreactor Question

Methane POX Microreactor Question

Methane POX Microreactor Question

(OP)
Ok I have this partial oxidation microreactor and I want to flow 50% oxygen and 50% methane through it. The reactor is heated at 900oC and the flow is expected to be increased from 10sscm to 1000sscm.
it is made of 1/8 of an inch stainless tubing with 1/16 of an inch walls. As you might have guessed I am testing the reactor's capacity in Nm3/h of Hydrogen with a secret catalyst.

[img]http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1575/1412v.jpg[/img]

The question of the day is: Is it going to blow up? LOL

Anyone know how I can determine that...

RE: Methane POX Microreactor Question

Check out the hazards of handling just oxygen alone.
See link below. You may need to redesign the experiment to avoid the flammable range which is around 2-60% methane in oxygen. Any foreign material, like a bit of grease, inside the reactor will burn even around 30% oxygen and likely destroy the reactor. After handling oxygen, don't step outside for a smoke, your clothes may catch fire.

HAZOP at www.curryhydrocarbons.ca

RE: Methane POX Microreactor Question

(OP)
Thanks for the link. I was looking for a structural explanation like if I have a 1m by 1m by 1m open chamber and heat it, it will explode but with this spiral it`s very hard to tell what will happen because the volume is so small, only 25 cubic inch and it is vented before the leak valve of the mass spec.

RE: Methane POX Microreactor Question

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