Hydrocarbon Processing Issue 03 | Page 22

COAL TO METHANOL

Coal is milled and dried in preparation for gasification. The SERVOTOUGH Oxy 1900 1 and SERVOTOUGH SpectraExact 2500 2 provide percentage safety measurements for oxygen( O 2) and carbon monoxide( CO) to prevent combustion.
The milled coal is then gasified with steam( H 2O) to produce hydrogen( H 2), CO, carbon dioxide( CO 2) and methane( CH 4).
KEY APPLICATION TYPES:
The clean coal gas produced in the gasifying process is monitored for O 2 by the Oxy 1900 3, CO, CO 2 and CH 4 by the SpectraExact 2500 4 and H 2 by the SERVOPRO MonoExact TCD 5.
The CO is then converted into H 2 + CO 2 to raise the H 2 content, with the SpectraExact 2500 6 closely monitoring the CO level to optimize the process.
Methanol washing removes most of the CO 2 and sulfur, with the SpectraExact 2500 7 measuring CO and CO 2, and the MonoExact TCD 8 measuring H 2 to ensure gas components are present at the correct proportions.
Finally, the H 2 and CO are reacted to synthesize methanol, with the SpectraExact 2500 9 measuring the CH 4 to monitor the recycle gas.
AIR
ASU
1
SERVOTOUGH Oxy 1900 O 2
3
SERVOTOUGH Oxy 1900 O 2
2
SERVOTOUGH SpectraExact 2500 CO
SERVOPRO
5
MonoExact TCD
6
H 2
4
SERVOTOUGH SpectraExact 2500 CH 4, CO, CO 2
SERVOTOUGH SpectraExact 2500 CO
COAL
COAL MILL
PRE-PROCESSS
GASIFY
CO CONVERSION
HEAT RECYCLE
CO WASTE
RECYCLE GAS
TAILGAS
7
8
SERVOTOUGH SpectraExact 2500 CO, CO 2
SERVOPRO MonoExact TCD
H 2
CO 2
H 2S
RECYCLE COMPRESSOR
METHANOL SYNTHESIZING
SYNTHETIC GAS COMPRESSOR
LOW TEMPERATURE METHANOL WASHING
SULFUR RECOVERY
9
SERVOTOUGH SpectraExact 2500 CH 4
RAW METHANOL
PURIFY
METHANOL PRODUCT
P12