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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2010
Ijaz Ahmed, Riyadh, SA;
Mubarak Bashir, Riyadh, SA;
Abdullah Al-nutaifi, Riyadh, SA;
SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, Riyadh, SA;
Abstract
The invention relates to a combined reforming process for making synthesis gas from a desulphurized gaseous hydrocarbon feedstock, wherein the feedstock is split into a first and a second feedstock stream, the first feedstock stream is mixed with steam and fed to a gas heated reformer (GHR) and a steam methane reformer (SMR) operated in series, and the second feedstock stream is mixed with reformed gas coming from the SMR and fed with oxygen to a non-catalytic partial oxidation reformer (POX). The process of the invention enables to produce syngas with adjustable composition and at very high capacity in a single line. The process specifically allows designing a methane-to-methanol production plant with a capacity exceeding 10000 mtpd using technically and economically feasible reforming equipment, and showing high feedstock and energy efficiency. The invention further relates to an integrated process for making methanol from a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising said combined reforming process.