METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING METHANOL FROM HYDROGEN-RICH SYNTHESIS GAS

A process for producing methanol, wherein a make-up gas stream from a reformer unit is admixed with a hydrogen-containing stream from a hydrogen recovery stage to obtain a hydrogen-rich synthesis gas, which is combined with a residual gas stream and the combined stream is passed through a bed of a m...

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Main Authors Janko, Lutz, Gronemann, Veronika, Lim, Chin Han, Haase, Stephan, Kopetsch, Hans
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 06.07.2022
Subjects
ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
CHEMISTRY
COMPOUNDS THEREOF
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
METALLURGY
NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Summary:A process for producing methanol, wherein a make-up gas stream from a reformer unit is admixed with a hydrogen-containing stream from a hydrogen recovery stage to obtain a hydrogen-rich synthesis gas, which is combined with a residual gas stream and the combined stream is passed through a bed of a methanol synthesis catalyst at elevated pressure and elevated temperature to obtain a product stream comprising methanol and the residual gas stream and wherein the product stream is cooled to remove methanol from the residual gas stream. Wherein a portion of the residual gas stream is removed as a purge gas stream and a portion of the hydrogen-rich synthesis gas stream is removed and combined with the purge gas stream to obtain a mixed synthesis gas stream and the mixed synthesis gas stream is sent to the hydrogen recovery stage to produce the hydrogen-containing stream.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20190020610