HUANG Hong, YANG Siyu. Design of a coal based methanol and power polygeneration process with low energy consumption for CO2 capture[J]. CIESC Journal, 2017, (10): 3860-3869. DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20170500.
HUANG Hong, YANG Siyu. Design of a coal based methanol and power polygeneration process with low energy consumption for CO2 capture[J]. CIESC Journal, 2017, (10): 3860-3869. DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20170500.DOI:
The molar ratio of H2/CO required is around 2.1 for the methanol synthesis of the coal-to-methanol (CTM) process.However
the H2 to CO ratio of the crude syngas is only about 0.7.It is necessary to convert part of CO and H2O into H2 and CO2 by water gas shift reaction.While mixing of the shifted syngas and the unshifted syngas results in reduction of CO2 concentration
this leads to the high energy consumption for CO2 capture.A coal based methanol and power cogeneration process with low energy consumption for CO2 capture is proposed.The CO of the crude syngas is partly converted into CO2 and H2
and the shifted syngas does not mix with the unshifted syngas.The CO2 concentration in the shifted syngas is thus relatively high compared to conventional CTM process.The energy consumption for CO2 capture is reduced as a result.The H2 rich syngas after CO2 capture is partly mixed with the unshifted syngas to adjust the composition of methanol feed gas.System analyses are made based on process modeling and simulation.The energy saving ratio of the proposed process reaches 16.5%
and energy consumption for CO2 capture is reduced by 30.3%.