Evaluation of natural gas based synthesis gas production technologies

A comparative study of nine synthesis gas technologies have been carried out. The basis was syngas feed to a 2500 MTPD methanol plant. Material and energy balances were calculated, investments and operational costs were estimated, and a comparison was made. The comparison indicates that autothermal...

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Published inCatalysis today Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 269 - 278
Main Authors Sundset, Trude, Sogge, Jostein, Strøm, Terje
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 02.12.1994
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Applied sciences
Catalysis
Catalytic reactions
Chemistry
Energy
Exact sciences and technology
Fuel processing. Carbochemistry and petrochemistry
Fuels
General and physical chemistry
Solid fuel processing (coal, coke, brown coal, peat, wood, etc.)
Theory of reactions, general kinetics. Catalysis. Nomenclature, chemical documentation, computer chemistry
Catalytic reaction
Experimental study
Synthesis gas
Comparative study
Natural gas
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Summary:A comparative study of nine synthesis gas technologies have been carried out. The basis was syngas feed to a 2500 MTPD methanol plant. Material and energy balances were calculated, investments and operational costs were estimated, and a comparison was made. The comparison indicates that autothermal reforming and combined reforming with prereformer are preferable among the proven technologies. Among emerging technologies GHR, KRES and CPO have an economic advantage. However, the margins are probably too small to be significant.
ISSN:0920-5861
1873-4308
DOI:10.1016/0920-5861(94)80148-7