Effect of Water Saturation on H<sub>2</sub> and CO Solubility in Hydrocarbons
The effect of water on the solubility of syngas in hydrocarbons has typically been ignored when developing models for Fischer-Tropsch slurry bubble column reactors (SBCR), despite water being a major by-product. Therefore, a generalized correlation was developed to predict water solubility in hydroc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-02-01
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| Series: | ChemEngineering |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2305-7084/3/1/21 |
| Summary: | The effect of water on the solubility of syngas in hydrocarbons has typically been ignored when developing models for Fischer-Tropsch slurry bubble column reactors (SBCR), despite water being a major by-product. Therefore, a generalized correlation was developed to predict water solubility in hydrocarbons at high temperatures, and was used to calculate the effect of water saturation on H<sub>2</sub> and CO solubility in hydrocarbons using the Span Wagner equation of state. The presence of water was shown to have a much more significant effect on H<sub>2</sub> solubility in hydrocarbons, compared to CO. |
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| ISSN: | 2305-7084 |