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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN SIMULATION
Transactions ID Number: 19-244
Full Name: Davorin Kralj
Position: Assistant Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Na gricu 47, SI - 2000 Maribor
Country: SLOVENIA
Tel: 00 386 41 705 173
Tel prefix: 00 386
Fax: 00 386 2 613 6090
E-mail address: davorin.kralj@amis.net
Other E-mails: anita.kovac@uni-mb.si
Title of the Paper: Methanol production from biogas
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Anita Kovac Kralj, Davorin Kralj
Email addresses of all the authors: davorin.kralj@art-k.si, anita.kovac@uni-mb.si
Number of paper pages: 8
Abstract: Methanol is produced from synthesis gas, which is produced from natural gas. Natural gas can be replaced by biogas for the production of synthesis gas. We compare the production of methanol from varieties of raw materials - natural gas and biogas. The basic starting point for comparison is the same mass inlet flow rate of both raw materials under the same operating conditions. Methanol production using natural gas and biogas as the raw material was simulated using an Aspen Plus simulator with real chemical thermodynamic, and 16 146 kg/h crude methanol from natural gas and 14 615 kg/h from biogas could be produced. Methanol production from biogas could also increase by 9.7 % with processed operational and parametric modification using nonlinear programming (NLP). The most important is the conversion of methane in the reformer. Optimal methane conversion could take place by operating with the use of optimal parametric data in a reformer unit (temperature=840 oC and p!
ressure=8 bar). The optimal production of methanol from biogas was 16 040 kg/h under optimal parameters.
Keywords: methanol production, biogas, nature gas, environmental management, sustainability
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Special (Invited) Session: Methanol production from biogas
Organizer of the Session: ID 101-134
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