Modelling and simulation of the chemical reaction heat pump system adopting the reactive distillation process

This study dealt with the optimal design of the chemical reaction heat pump system employing the reactive distillation process through modelling and simulation. A set of 2-propanol dehydrogenation and acetone hydrogenation reactions was used as heat transfer media. The results of simulation showed that the chemical reaction heat pump system embedded with a reactive distillation process had the better performance compared to the previous ones using a conventional distillation process. This paper proposes a new design criterion for the optimal operation of the chemical heat pump system employing the reactive distillation process by mathematical modelling and numerical simulation.