Model-Based Quality, Exergy, and Economic Analysis of Fluidized Bed Membrane Reactors.

In petroleum refineries, naphtha reforming units produce reformate streams and as a by-product, hydrogen (H). Naphtha reforming units traditionally deployed are designed as packed bed reactors (PBR). However, they are restrained by a high-pressure drop, diffusion limitations in the catalyst, and radial and axial gradients of temperature and concentration.