Conversion of natural gas is of special interest in norway for both economic and political reasons. The thesis studies the simulation, optimization and control structure design using stepwise approach of skogestad. In this work, we have studied a laboratory fixedbed reactor packed with a cuznal 2 o 3 catalyst in both adiabatic and isothermal tubular operational modes. Their paper on the tubular reactor experiment includes extensive reaction measurement data. Modeling of the kinetics for methanol synthesis using cuzno. Pdf modelling, estimation and optimization of the methanol. Study on reaction rates for methanol synthesis from carbon. Chemistry kinetics reaction kinetics are an important component of chemical research in the laboratory and in the classroom. Kinetic modelling and reactor design methanol synthesis 20. Methanol is an important final and intermediate chemical product. Reaction kinetics for the synthesis of methanol from co and h2 on. A methanol synthesis kinetic model was implemented in comsol reaction engineering lab. Kinetics and reactor modeling of methanol synthesis from.
The reaction model of each step was individual simulated. Understanding the generation of methanol synthesis and. The experiments have been performed in an isothermal fixed bed reactor with a temperature range between 200 and 230 c. Biodiesel synthesis via transesterification reaction in. Objectives reaction rate and kinetics development of modeling equations useful definitions validation of model modeling results effect of the parameters temperature pressure h2. Doubletube heat exchange reactor trends in technology improvement. The kinetics of methanol synthesis from carbon monoxide and hydrogen over a commercial cuznoal2o3 has been investigated at temperatures between 250. Even though methanol has been produced commercially since 1923, the reaction mechanism and kinetics are still an open question. Nowadays, one of the main interests is the use of co2 as a feedstock in methanol synthesis. Reaction kinetics, and inorganic reaction mechanisms.
Kinetics and reactor modeling of methanol synthesis from synthesis gas hamidreza bakhtiary fatemeh hayer norwegian university of science and technology comsol conference, hanover november 6, 2008 presented at the comsol conference 2008 hannover. Simulates reaction kinetics utilizing a reaction rate model with userdefined parameters based on a timedriven simulation algorithm, and displays the reactantproduct compositions graphically as a function of time. Chemical reaction engineering part a methanol synthesis reactor model richard k. The major part of the second year of the chemical engineering master program is the final research project that will be concluded with a thesis. The reaction orders for methanol synthesis and reverse water gas shift reaction are lower in the case of cuzz. Highlights of meoh synthesis exothermic rection, heat integration and recovery are important feature current technologies. In this work the following model assumptions are made. Two statistically sound kinetic models were chosen from.
This thesis studies dynamic modelling, estimation and optimization of the methanol synthesis with catalyst deactivation. Kinetic modeling of methanol synthesis from carbon monoxide. Pdf kinetic modeling and simulation of biomethanol. Kinetic modelling and reactor simulation for methanol. The kinetics for the lowpressure synthesis of methanol from co and h2 were studied in a small integral reactor. The economic operation of methanol synthesis from co 2 requires an efficient catalyst allowing high enough methanol yields. List of all the possible reactions of the three processes, i. Chemreax a chemical reaction modeling and simulation app. Modeling of the kinetics for methanol synthesis using cu. Both 1d and 2d pseudohomogeneous dispersion models were. In situ measurements of thermodynamics and reaction kinetics.
The industrial dmto catalyst is an improved sapo34 ca talyst. The temperature and pressure can be controlled at 250300c and 50150 bar 515 mpa, respectively. Design and control of a methanol reactorcolumn process. A process of bio methanol from biogas was studied by modifying kinetic model of reaction s richardson and paripatyadar comparing with laboratory data. Introduction methanol is synthesised in two heterogeneous chemical reactions 1 and 2 from a mixture of carbon. A kinetic model for methanol meoh synthesis over cuznoal2o3zro2 catalyst has been developed and selected to evaluate the effect of carbon dioxide on the reaction rates due to its high activity and stability. Another aim was to use the results from the best fit model to explain some aspects and resolve some questions related to methanol synthesis kinetics. Kinetic modeling of methanol synthesis from carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen over a cuznocr2o3 catalyst.
Kinetic modeling of methanol synthesis from carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen over a cuznocr 2o3 catalyst by daaniya rahman the main purpose of this study was to investigate kinetic models proposed in the literature for methanol synthesis and select the best fit model using regression techniques in polymath. Kinetic modeling and simulation of methanol synthesis model. The kinetic model proposed is compared with the one proposed in literature rezaie et al. The direct dimethyl ether dme synthesis process from syngas. Detailed kinetic mechanism, on the basis of different sites on cu for the adsorption of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, is applied, and the water. The purpose of this project is to measure the effect of temperature and pressure on the synthesis or functioning of nanostructured materials for diverse applications such as anode and cathode catalyst for solid oxide fuel cell, methanol synthesis, and redox mechanisms of transition metals and their alloys. Kinetics of methanol synthesis from carbon dioxide. S imulates acidbase titrations utilizing the same underlying simulation technology used for general reactions. It is among the largest in the word with a capacity of 830 000 metric tons per year, which equals 14 of europe. Pdf kinetic modeling and simulation of biomethanol process.
A kinetic study of methanol to olefins mto process in. A complete simulation of the methanol production process is developed with a commercial software. Kinetics of methanol synthesis from carbon dioxide hydrogenation is studied on two noncommercial catalysts. Jan 16, 2017 high selectivity of methanol is preferable as it is the main desired product of methanol synthesis and less concentration of co produced during the reaction because of its toxicity. Kinetic modeling of methanol synthesis from carbon. This is a 1dimensional, plug flow model that assumes there are no radial gradients in the catalyst bed. A kinetic study of methanol to olefins mto process has been carried out for industrial dmto catalyst in a. Kinetic study on methanol dehydration to dimethyl ether. The most important kinetic expressions for the methanol synthesis reaction. In all of their experiments they focused on the kinetics of the methanol synthesis when there. Since the h 2 co ratio in syngas from todays slagging gasifiers typically ranges from 0. Chapter 1 introduction this thesis presents a master of science degree project conducted at the department of chemical engineering, at ntnu. Divided into four parts, the book begins with a detailed account of current production methods and their economics. Kinetic modeling and simulation of methanol synthesis model department of process engineering and engineering and technology, bremerhaven university of applied sciences, an available online at.
Some hypothesized reaction mechanisms were tested out against the supplied experimental data on methanol synthesis from syn gas on copperbased catalyst at different temperatures. Next both steps were integrated, then they were simulated using aspen plus software. Due to the industrial importance of methanol synthesis, numerous investigations were performed to understand the nature of active sites on metallic cu surfaces, the role of zno and al 2o. The three reactions involved in this process, methanol synthesis, methanol dehydration and water gas shift, form an interesting reaction network. Mfcs and was applied to the computer software controlling the rig.
A kinetic study of methanol synthesis in a slurry reactor using a cuoznoa120 3. Simulation of methanol synthesis from synthesis gas in fixed. Received 21 st august abstract chemical process optimization is significant in the sense of predicting overall reaction scheme which may lead to better. The temperature of the experiments is in the range of 573k to 763k. In june 1997 statoil opened a methanol plant at tjeldbergodden. In contrast to the methanol synthesis reaction, however, the rwgs reaction is little dependent on the partial pressure of the reactants. We showed that methanol produced by co 2 hydrogenation using a commercial catalyst contains trace amount of methyl formate which depends on the temperature used.
The kinetics of methanol synthesis from carbon monoxide and hydrogen over a commercial cuznoal2o3 has been investigated at temperatures between 250 and 290c and pressures between 3 and 15 atm. Mechanistically sound kinetic model show for methanol synthesis and wgs reaction. Understanding the generation of methanol synthesis and water gas. Westerterp chemical reaction engineering laboratories, department of chemical engineering, twente university of technology, p. The reaction rate for the watershift reaction is given in eq 5. Thats why this setup was mainly chosen for investigation of their. Table 1 gives the kinetic and adsorption parameters entered into the aspen lhhw reaction model to implement these kinetics. We wrote a matlab program to simulate a methanol synthesis reactor. This leads to the following simplified reaction rate expressions. Pdf methanol synthesis model and reactor design researchgate.
Of the three methanol synthesis reactions, the latter is the wellknown watergasshift wgs reaction. In a singlestep synthesis gastodimethyl ether process, synthesis gas or syngas, a mixture of hsub 2 and co is converted into dimethyl ether dme in a single reactor. Catalytic methanol synthesis from syngas is a hightemperature, highpressure exothermic reaction. The favorable thermodynamic and kinetic coupling of methanol dehydration reaction very rapid and atnear thermodynamic equilibrium with the methanol synthesis reaction slower kinetics and highly thermodynamic leads the beneficial chemical synergy. Kinetic study on methanol dehydration to dimethyl ether applying clinoptilolite zeolite as the reaction catalyst 235 figures, the order of parameters influence on the target function is as follows. Methanol synthesis an overview sciencedirect topics. Methanol synthesis is a typical reaction in heterogeneous catalysis. Comsol multiphysics software package matlab based was used in this. The kinetics for the lowpressure synthesis of methanol from co and h, were studied in a small integral reactor. In the remainder, this paper focuses on methanol synthesis from h 2, co, and co 2 over industrial cuznoal 2 o 3 catalysts with pressure between 50100 bar and temperatures between 473. Kinetics and reactor modeling of methanol synthesis.
The effects of psub co, psub h2 and temperature on the kinetics of methanol synthesis, suggest a langmuirhinselwood mechanism for dual site adsorption in which co is strongly adsorbed and hsub 2 weakly adsorbed. Nasa developed a software for equilibrium calculations as early as 1967. The concepts of kinetic analysis are the building blocks of many undergraduate chemistry courses as well as the basis for many research projects. A comparative analysis of methanol production routes. The higher the h 2 pressure, the faster the methanol synthesis reaction. In this final project, most of the subjects taught in the master program should be combined and used to individually perform this research. In addition to methanol, co and water from rwgs reaction were also considered for methanol synthesis.
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