Dehydrogenation of Perhydro-dibenzyl Toulene for Hydrogen Production: A Simulation Study

Abstract

Increased consumption to fulfill population energy demands has resulted in the depletion of traditional energy supplies i.e., coal, natural gas, and oil. The use of conventional energy resources is linked with the negative impact on the environment i.e., greenhouse effect, climate change. Among various renewable energy resources, Because of qualities such as these; i.e., clean, renewable, availability of its raw materials and higher energy per unit mass. Hydrogen is viewed as a favorable future energy source. However, the storage is a challenging aspect, because of hydrogen’s low density under ambient conditions. In order to switch from conventional to renewable energy resources, the question of energy storage needs to be discussed for implementation at a large scale. Having maximum hydrogen storage capacity, reversibility, mild dehydrogenation rates, and long-distance transportation applications, LOHC’s have sparked a lot of attention. Out of all, the LOHC systems, dibenzyl-toluene/perhydro-dibenzyl toluene has the most potential because of its high energy storage, transport and relatively low cost than other systems that enables its implementation on large scale. The major goal of this research is to offer a simulation analysis and optimization on perhydro-dibenzyl toluene dehydrogenation using Aspen HYSYS v.10.