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Permeate
(HI?)
Inert Membrane
Feed
(C6H12)
IMRCF
Permeate
(HI?)
Catalyst Membrane
Feed
- Effluent (C,H,)
~-
CRM
Figure 4-12 Membrane reactors. (Photo courtesy of Coors Ceramics, Golden, Colorado.)
According to the Example 4-10 Membrane Reactor
DOE, 10 trillion
BTUlyr could be According to The Department of Energy, an energy saving of 10 trillion Btu
saved by using per year could result from the use of catalytic membrane reactors as replacements
membrane reactors
for conventional reactors for dehydrogenation reactions such as the dehydrogenation
of ethylbenzene to styrene: