Methanol Synthesis with Steel-Mill Gases: Simulation and Practical Testing of Selected Gas Utilization Scenarios
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Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Osterfelder Straße 3, 46047 Oberhausen, Germany
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Faculty of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Hochschule Düsseldorf, University of Applied Sciences, 40476 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Processes 2020, 8(12), 1673; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8121673
Received: 26 November 2020
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Revised: 15 December 2020
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Accepted: 16 December 2020
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Published: 17 December 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Heterogeneous Catalysts for CO2 Valorisation)
The utilization of CO2-containing steel-mill gases for synthesis of methanol was investigated. Four different scenarios with syngas derived from steel-mill gases were considered. A process model for an industrial methanol production including gas recirculation was applied to provide realistic conditions for catalyst performance tests. A long-term test series was performed in a close-to-practice setup to demonstrate the stability of the catalyst. In addition, the experimental results were used to discuss the quality of the simulation results. Kinetic parameters of the reactor model were fitted. A comparison of two different kinetic approaches and the experimental results revealed which approach better fits CO-rich or CO2-rich steel-mill gases.
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Keywords:
Carbon2Chem®; methanol synthesis; steel-mill gases; process simulation; MegaMax®800; gas recirculation
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Girod, K.; Lohmann, H.; Schlüter, S.; Kaluza, S. Methanol Synthesis with Steel-Mill Gases: Simulation and Practical Testing of Selected Gas Utilization Scenarios. Processes 2020, 8, 1673. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8121673
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Girod K, Lohmann H, Schlüter S, Kaluza S. Methanol Synthesis with Steel-Mill Gases: Simulation and Practical Testing of Selected Gas Utilization Scenarios. Processes. 2020; 8(12):1673. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8121673
Chicago/Turabian StyleGirod, Kai, Heiko Lohmann, Stefan Schlüter, and Stefan Kaluza. 2020. "Methanol Synthesis with Steel-Mill Gases: Simulation and Practical Testing of Selected Gas Utilization Scenarios" Processes 8, no. 12: 1673. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8121673
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