Operating Behavior of a Demonstration Plant for Methanol Synthesis
Johannes Michael Voß, Torben Daun, Christian Geitner, Stefan Schlüter, Tim Schulzke
Abstract
Abstract A demonstration plant designed for methanol synthesis with steel mill gases was operated continuously for the first time over a period of 5 weeks. The reactor represents a single tube with typical dimensions of an industrial tube bundle reactor with a boiling water cooling jacket and is incorporated into a full loop of unreacted gases. Temperature profile along reactor axis and gas composition in gas recycle stream are measured online. In several experiments, the operating range of the plant was determined. Additionally, the reactor and the loop were simulated and the results agree well with experimental values.
Topics & Concepts
BundleMethanolBoilingLoop (graph theory)Materials scienceNuclear engineeringTube (container)Pilot plantWaste managementProcess engineeringEnvironmental scienceChemistryEngineeringComposite materialOrganic chemistryCombinatoricsMathematicsCatalysts for Methane ReformingHeat transfer and supercritical fluidsNuclear reactor physics and engineering