Heat balance of thermocatalytic decomposition process
Valve, Minttu (2022)
2022
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022061518062
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022061518062
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This thesis was commissioned by Hycamite TCD Technologies, located in Kokkola, which focuses on using a technology, thermocatalytic decomposition process, to break down methane into hydrogen and carbon. The goal was to study the heat balance of their pilot plant and to form an Excel file and a de-scriptive figure of the balance.
The theoretical part focuses on different methods of heat transfers and heat exchangers, on energy bal-ance of an open system and different parts of it. There is also a short section describing the optimizing of a system. The paper has the description of the calculations performed on the practical section of the thesis.
The practical part of the paper was completed mainly on Excel as this thesis is heavily practical in the mathematical way. The picture was drawn on AutoCAD 2020. Both can be found in the confidential sections in the Appendices. The background data for the calculations are confidential as well.
The theoretical part focuses on different methods of heat transfers and heat exchangers, on energy bal-ance of an open system and different parts of it. There is also a short section describing the optimizing of a system. The paper has the description of the calculations performed on the practical section of the thesis.
The practical part of the paper was completed mainly on Excel as this thesis is heavily practical in the mathematical way. The picture was drawn on AutoCAD 2020. Both can be found in the confidential sections in the Appendices. The background data for the calculations are confidential as well.