Casale Sa

Maddalena Lepri

Pietro Moreo

Raffaele Ostuni

Sergio Panza

A process for the synthesis of methanol from an input stream of synthesis gas, comprising the following steps: subjecting a portion of said input stream as feed stream to an adiabatic reactive step, providing an effluent containing methanol and unreacted synthesis gas; quenching of said effluent with a further portion of said input stream, providing a quenched stream; subjecting said quenched stream to an isothermal reactive step, providing a methanol-containing product stream.

Process for methanol production

Process for the synthesis of methanol comprising: reforming a hydrocarbon feedstock into a synthesis gas containing carbon oxides and hydrogen in a molar ratio (H&#x2014;CO)/(CO+CO) lower than 1.7; elevating said molar ratio to a value of at least 1.9; compressing said synthesis gas and converting the same into crude methanol; separating said crude methanol into a liquid stream of methanol and a gaseous stream containing unreacted synthesis gas; subjecting at least 50% (vol) of said gaseous stream to hydrogen recovery and mixing the recovered hydrogen with said synthesis gas in order to elevate its molar ratio to a value of at least 1.9.

A multi-bed catalytic converter comprising at least a first catalytic bed, a second catalytic bed and a heat exchanger arranged between said first bed and said second bed, wherein said heat exchanger is arranged to transfer heat from the hot effluent of the first bed to a cooling medium; said heat exchanger comprises a plurality of stacked round plates, wherein adjacent plates define gaps therebetween, and the effluent of the first catalytic bed and the cooling medium are respectively fed into alternate gaps.

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Cavallasca, Italy

Maddalena Lepri