Condensing methanol synthesis and ATR -the technology choice for large-scale methanol production

摘要

Large methanol plants are subject to the constraints imposed by size limitations on reactors and process equipment.To allow scale-up,the ability to process major amounts of synthesis gas(syngas)in comparatively small pieces of process equipment has become increasingly important.This paper demonstrates how this objective may be achieved by combining methanol synthesis technology consisting of Combined Methanol Synthesis and Condensation(CMSC)and syngas technology comprising an ATR(AutoThermal Reformer)operating at very low steam to carbon ratio.