Sorption enhanced catalytic CF<sub>4</sub> hydrolysis with a three-stage catalyst-adsorbent reactor

doi:10.1007/s11705-017-1651-1

Front. Chem. Sci. Eng.

2017, Vol. 11

Issue (4) : 537-544 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-017-1651-1

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Sorption enhanced catalytic CF₄ hydrolysis with a three-stage catalyst-adsorbent reactor

Jae-Yun Han^1,⁴, Chang-Hyun Kim¹, Boreum Lee², Sung-Chan Nam¹, Ho-Young Jung³, Hankwon Lim²(

), Kwan-Young Lee⁴(

), Shin-Kun Ryi¹(

)

¹. Advanced Materials and Devices Laboratory, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), Daejeon 34129, Korea
². Department of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Catholic University of Daegu, Gyeongbuk 38430, Korea
³. Department of Environment and Energy Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
⁴. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea

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Abstract

In this study, we developed a three-stage catalyst-adsorbent reactor for the catalytic hydrolysis of CF₄. Each stage is composed of a catalyst bed followed by an adsorbent bed using Ca(OH)₂ to remove HF. The three stages are connected in series to enhance the hydrolysis of CF₄ and eliminate a scrubber to dissolve HF in water at the same time. With a 10 wt-% Ce/Al₂O₃ catalyst prepared by the incipient wetness method using boehmite and a granular calcium hydroxide as an adsorbent, the CF₄ conversion in our proposed reactor was 7%–23% higher than that in a conventional single-bed catalytic reactor in the temperature range of 923–1023 K. In addition, experimental and numerical simulation (Aspen HYSYS^®) results showed a reasonable trend of increased CF₄ conversion with the adsorbent added and these results can be used as a useful design guideline for our newly proposed multistage reactor system.

Keywords PFCs catalytic hydrolysis calcium hydroxide sorption enhanced process simulation

Corresponding Author(s): Hankwon Lim,Kwan-Young Lee,Shin-Kun Ryi

Just Accepted Date: 14 April 2017 Online First Date: 05 July 2017 Issue Date: 06 November 2017

Cite this article:

Jae-Yun Han,Chang-Hyun Kim,Boreum Lee, et al. Sorption enhanced catalytic CF₄ hydrolysis with a three-stage catalyst-adsorbent reactor[J]. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2017, 11(4): 537-544.

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Fig.1 Schematic view of the CF₄ hydrolysis accelerated by a multistage catalyst-adsorbent reactor

Fig.2 Schematic view of a three-stage catalyst-adsorbent reactor for sorption enhanced catalytic hydrolysis of CF₄

Fig.3 Process flow diagram of the multistage catalyst-adsorbent reactor

Fig.4 Experimental and numerical simulation results of CF₄ conversion as a function of temperature

Fig.5 SEM images and EDX profiles of (a) the fresh P/Al₂O₃ catalyst and (b) the used one; XRD patterns of (c) the fresh P/Al₂O₃ catalyst and (d) the used one

Fig.6 SEM images and EDX profiles of (a) the fresh Ca(OH)₂ and (b) the used one; XRD patterns and photo images of (c) the fresh Ca(OH)₂ and (d) the used one

Tab.1 Surface area of catalyst and adsorbent analyzed by BET

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