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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
May. 03, 2023
L'air Liquide Société Anonyme Pour L'etude ET L'exploitation Des Procédés Georges Claude, Paris, FR;
Timm Schuhmann, Bensheim, DE;
Tobias Oelmann, Bad Vilbel, DE;
Michael Wilken, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
Provided is a process for producing pure methanol from carbon dioxide-rich synthesis gas, the process including the following steps: at least partially reacting the carbon dioxide rich synthesis gas in a methanol synthesis unit, discharging a liquid crude methanol stream from the methanol synthesis unit, introducing the liquid crude methanol stream into a flash tank, discharging from the flash tank a liquid depressurized crude methanol stream as a bottoms product and a gaseous overhead product stream having synthesis gas components, introducing the liquid depressurized crude methanol stream into a distillation apparatus having of a single distillation column, separating the crude methanol stream in the distillation column, discharging an overhead product stream via an overhead product outlet, discharging a bottoms product stream via the bottoms product outlet, and discharging a pure methanol product stream via a first side draw.