Dehydrogenation of methanol was performed over copper-silica catalyst. Methyl formate decomposition to carbon monoxide and hydrogen was considered as a main side reaction. Tubular and membrane reactors were compared theoretically in terms of efficiency of the process. For this purpose, a two-dimensional non-isothermal stationary mathematical model of the catalytic membrane reactor was developed and applied. The reaction of methanol dehydrogenation (in a tube side) was conjugated with hydrogen oxidation reaction (in a shell side). Conjugation of the processes was found to increase the methanol conversion up to 87% and achieve the methyl formate yield as high as 80% at 125 °C. The impact of various parameters on the process characteristics was studied using the developed mathematical model.

在铜-二氧化硅催化剂上进行甲醇的脱氢。甲酸甲酯分解成一氧化碳和氢被认为是主要的副反应。从理论上比较了管式和膜式反应器的效率。为此，建立并应用了催化膜反应器的二维非等温静态数学模型。甲醇脱氢反应（在管侧）与氢氧化反应（在壳侧）共轭。发现这些过程的共轭可将甲醇转化率提高至87％，并在125°C下达到高达80％的甲酸甲酯收率。使用开发的数学模型研究了各种参数对过程特性的影响。