近年來各國過量使用化石燃料來發展文明而加劇溫室效應，造成了全球暖化的氣候問題，為了減少對於化石燃料的用量，而開始致力於新能源或替代能源的開發。本論文是使用gPROMS與Aspen Plus軟體來模擬以甲醇為進料的產氫製程，並以數學方程式建立殼管式甲醇重組器之模型。在一般產氫製程中會使用到的反應器如甲醇蒸氣重組器、水煤氣反應器、優先氧化反應器與燃燒器等，而我們將以殼管式設計把吸熱反應的甲醇重組器與放熱反應的優先氧化反應器作結合，來減少反應器體積並縮小製程規模。
為了對系統有更進一步的了解，我們在穩態分析結果中獲得最佳之進料比例，並於動態模擬中使用比例-積分控制器來進行干擾消除與設定點追蹤的測試，而選擇以甲醇為操作變數時，能夠在動態下成功的控制出口之溫度。最後我們使用串級控制系統來進一步減少氧氣干擾造成的誤差並增進控制之效果。

In this research, the methanol-fueled hydrogen production process is simulated by the software, gPROMS and Aspen Plus. Then using the Mathematical formulas to build the model of the shell-and-tube methanol reformer. In general, the hydrogen production process consist of the methanol-steam reformer, the WGS (water-gas-shift) reactor, the PROX (preferential oxidation) reactor and the burner. However, with the shell-and-tube design, we combine the endothermic methanol-reformer with the exothermic PROX reactor for exchanging heat. The PROX reactor for heat supply is arranged as the shell side. Moreover this design can effectively decrease the reactor volume and reduce the process scale. In order to understand more about the system, we obtain the optimal operating conditions in steady state process and use the PI (proportional-integral) controller to control disturbance rejection and setpoint tracking test in dynamic process. It is effective to control the output temperature in dynamic simulation while we taking methanol as manipulated variable. Finally we use the cascade control system to reduce the error and enhance the control effect.

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