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- Suresh Kanuri: Conceptualization, Investigation, Data generation, Writing-original draft; Jha Deeptank Vinodkumar: Data generation; Sounak Roy: Administration, Data validation; Chanchal Chakraborty: Administration, Data validation; Santanu Prasad Dutta: Data validation; Satyapaul A. Singh: Conceptualization, Result validation, Supervision. Methodology; Srikanta Dinda: Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing and editing. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Methanol synthesis from CO2 via hydrogenation route: Thermodynamics and process development with techno-economic feasibility analysis
Suresh Kanur1
Jha Deeptank Vinodkumar1
Santanu Prasad Datta2
Chanchal Chakraborty3
Sounak Roy3
Satyapaul Amarthaluri Singh1
Srikanta Dinda1†
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana-500078, India 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana-500078, India 3Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana-500078, India
srikantadinda@gmail.com
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, April 2023, 40(4), 810-823(14), 10.1007/s11814-022-1302-1
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Abstract
The present study investigated the thermodynamic and economic feasibility of methanol synthesis reactions from CO2 and H2. Three reactions, namely CO2 hydrogenation to methanol, reverse-water-gas-shift (RWGS) and
methanol decomposition reaction, were considered. The effect of temperature, pressure and H2/CO2 mole ratio on CO2
conversion and methanol selectivity was examined explicitly. The simulation results were compared with experimental
data. A conceptual process design for methanol synthesis from CO2 was developed using an Aspen Plus process simulator. At 250 o
C and 50 bar, the analysis shows about 73% CO2 conversion and 99.7% CH3OH selectivity for a recycling
ratio of 0.9. A techno-economic feasibility study was performed to understand the influence of feed and product cost,
recycling ratio and plant throughput, on plant profit margins. The study revealed that the proposed process might be
economically viable if the H2 price is lower than 1,500 $/ton and/or with a methanol production capacity of more than
250 tons/day
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