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US 2025/0109080 A1Published application
Conversion of methanol to a hydrocarbon product stream
AssigneeTopsoe A/S
InventorsSudip DE SARKAR, Christian WIX, Kim AASBERG-PETERSEN
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a hydrocarbon plant and related process, in which a first feed of methanol, having a water content of less than 10% by weight, is converted in a syngas generation stage (A) into at least a syngas stream. A synthesis stage (B) is arranged to receive the syngas stream and convert it to at least a hydrocarbon product stream and an off-gas stream. The plant and process of the present invention use better-understood process steps compared to known processes/plants and provide the opportunity for a reduction in CO2 emissions.
Claims21
A hydrocarbon plant, said plant comprising:
- a first feed of methanol, having a water content of less than 10% by weight,
- a syngas generation stage comprising at least a methanol cracking unit, said methanol cracking unit being arranged to receive the first feed of methanol and convert it into at least a first syngas stream, and optionally a separator for removing unconverted methanol to form a second syngas stream;
- a synthesis stage, being arranged to receive the first or second syngas stream from the syngas generation stage and convert it to at least a hydrocarbon product stream and an off-gas stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.