Synergistic process for the production of methanol
AssigneeIntegrated Energy Development Corp.
InventorsNorman J. MacGregor, Gerry Shessel
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Abstract
A synergistic process for the production of methanol comprises electrolysing water to produce hydrogen and oxygen; providing a feed stream of an organic combustible fuel; feeding at least a portion of the oxygen together with a stoichiometric amount of the organic combustible fuel to a partial oxidation reactor to produce off gases including carbon monoxide and hydrogen; feeding a stoichiometric amount of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to a methanol synthesizer to produce methanol. Further, the process utilizes the methanol and off gases and supplies of hydrocarbons and ethanol to produce MTBE and/or ETBE.
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A synergistic process for the production of methanol comprising the steps of:
- (a) electrolysing water to produce hydrogen and oxygen;
- (b) providing a feed stream of an organic combustible fuel;
- (c) feeding at least a portion of the oxygen produced in step (a) together with a stoichiometric amount of said organic combustible fuel to a partial oxidation reactor to produce off gases including carbon monoxide and hydrogen;
- (d) feeding at least a portion of said carbon monoxide and hydrogen to a methanol synthesizer to produce methanol;
- and,
- (e) adding additional hydrogen to said methanol synthesizer to provide a stoichiometric feed of hydrogen and carbon monoxide to said methanol synthesizer.
A synergistic process for the production of methanol comprising the steps of:
- (a) electrolysing water to produce hydrogen and oxygen;
- (b) providing a feed stream of an organic combustible fuel;
- (c) feeding at least a portion of the oxygen produced in step (a) together with a stoichiometric amount of said organic combustible fuel to a partial oxidation reactor to produce off gases including carbon monoxide and hydrogen;
- (d) providing a feed stream of carbon dioxide to said partial oxidation reactor so as to elevate the temperature of said carbon dioxide to a temperature above the dissociation temperature of said carbon dioxide to produce carbon monoxide and oxygen;
- (e) feeding said carbon monoxide and oxygen produced in step (d) to said partial oxidation reactor to produce additional amounts of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and heat;
- (f) feeding at least a portion of said carbon monoxide and hydrogen to a methanol synthesizer to produce methanol;
- and,
- (g) adding additional hydrogen to said methanol synthesizer to provide a stoichiometric feed of hydrogen and carbon monoxide to said methanol synthesizer.
A synergistic process for the production of methanol comprising the steps of:
- (a) electrolysing water to produce hydrogen and oxygen;
- (b) providing a feed stream of carbon dioxide;
- (c) heating said carbon dioxide to a temperature above the dissociation temperature of said carbon dioxide to produce carbon monoxide;
- and,
- (d) providing a stoichiometric amount of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to a methanol synthesizer to produce methanol, said stoichiometric amount being obtained by utilizing at least a portion of the carbon monoxide prepared by step (c) above and at least a portion of the hydrogen prepared in step (a) above.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.