Experimental Validation of Methanol Synthesis from Steel Mill Gases Using a Miniplant Setup
Florian Nestler, Johannes Full, Jan‐Marc Jäckle, Johannes Linsenmeier, Johanna Roob, Max J. Hadrich, Achim Schaadt
Abstract
Abstract Utilization of the gas streams generated by the iron‐ and steel‐making industry for the synthesis of synthetic fuels or chemicals is a promising way to kickstart a technical carbon cycle. Methanol synthesis from cleaned blast furnace gas is a challenge for process design and operation due to high inert gas contents and fluctuations in the gas supply. In this work, a miniplant setup with an adiabatic quench bed reactor was operated with cleaned blast furnace gas over a wide range of process conditions. The experimental data obtained were used to validate a simulation model of the miniplant setup with the perspective for an optimization of the process operational parameters. A high agreement between experimental and simulation data could be obtained, validating the applicability of the simulation approach presented in this work.