Cold start response of a small methanol reformer by partial oxidation reforming of hydrogen for fuel cell

Horng, Rong-Fang; Chen, Chang-Ren; Wu, Tser‐Son; Chan, Chien-Hsin

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2005.11.002

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“…Global methanol demand was estimated in 2016 to be about 74 million tons (Goto, 2017) and is forecast to expand, driven by new demands for its use as a raw material for chemical processes (Manenti et al, 2014), such as methanolto-olefin (Sadeghian Jahromi and Beheshti, 2017) and the manufacture of dimethyl ether (Horng et al, 2006), and for fuel applications, such as gasoline blending (Catizzone et al, 2017). Conventional methanol demands for use in chemicals such as formaldehyde, acetic acid, and methyl methacrylate are also continually increasing.…”

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Simulated Application of Self-Heat Recuperation and Pressure Swing System to Industrial Methanol Synthesis Process

Kansha

Ishizuka

Tsutsumi

et al. 2019

J. Chem. Eng. Japan

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Since methanol is an attractive fuel and chemical for various applications, its demand will continue to increase. To satisfy this increased demand, new methanol synthesis plants have been built in Asian, Middle Eastern, and South American countries. Self-heat recuperation and a pressure swing system were recently developed as an energy-saving process design, in which overall-process internal energy caused by condition changes is recirculated within the process without the need for heat addition. In this study, the feasibility of applying self-heat recuperation technology and a pressure swing system to the industrial methanol synthesis process which possesses both temperature and pressure changes was investigated from energy-saving and process design points of view, based on actual plant data. Based on simulation results, it was concluded that the use of self-heat recuperation technology and pressure swing system is an attractive alternative for sustainable future development of the methanol synthesis process.

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Simulated Application of Self-Heat Recuperation and Pressure Swing System to Industrial Methanol Synthesis Process

Kansha

Ishizuka

Tsutsumi

et al. 2019

J. Chem. Eng. Japan

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“…The demand for methanol will continue to increase since methanol is attractive as a fuel for fuel cells and is an intermediate raw material in the production of hydrogen [1] and dimethyl ether (DME) [2], which are categorized as green energy sources [3]. In addition to other chemical processes, many methanol synthesis processes have reactant recycle systems with a product separation step because of the low conversion ratio of the reactor.…”

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An innovative methanol synthesis process based on self-heat recuperation

Kansha

Ishizuka

Song

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Applied Thermal Engineering

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The demand for methanol will continue to increase since methanol is an attractive fuel for fuel cells in addition to being an intermediate raw material for hydrogen and dimethyl ether (DME), which are categorized as green energy sources. To produce methanol with a minimum amount of energy, it is necessary to investigate and reconsider a whole methanol synthesis process from energy saving point of view.Recently, we developed an innovative process design technology referred to as self-heat recuperation technology for saving energy. To apply this technology, whole-process heat is recirculated within the process without heat addition leading to large energy savings. In this paper, the feasibility of applying self-heat recuperation technology to the methanol synthesis process is investigated and an innovative process for methanol synthesis is developed from an energy saving point of view. The use of this self-heat recuperation technology in the methanol synthesis process greatly reduces the energy consumption.

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Cold start response of a small methanol reformer by partial oxidation reforming of hydrogen for fuel cell

Cited by 9 publications

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Simulated Application of Self-Heat Recuperation and Pressure Swing System to Industrial Methanol Synthesis Process

Simulated Application of Self-Heat Recuperation and Pressure Swing System to Industrial Methanol Synthesis Process

An innovative methanol synthesis process based on self-heat recuperation

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