Effects of vapor pressure on thermodynamic equilibrium in multiphase flow for thermochemical hydrogen production

Naterer, Greg F. and Pope, Kevin and Wang, Z. L. (2013) Effects of vapor pressure on thermodynamic equilibrium in multiphase flow for thermochemical hydrogen production. Heat and Mass Transfer, 49 (12). pp. 1787-1794. ISSN 1432-1181

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Abstract

This paper examines the effects of H2O vapor pressure on the equilibrium conditions of a CuCl2 hydrolysis reactor in the thermochemical Cu–Cl cycle of hydrogen production. A new predictive model is developed to determine the minimum steam requirement in the reactor based on the chemical equilibrium condition, reactor pressure and fraction of gaseous reactant. Experimental data, at three separate vapour pressures of steam, compared well with the new predictive formulation.

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