Simulation of Methanol Production Process and Determination of Optimum Conditions

Azam Marjani, Mashallah Rezakazemi and Saeed Shirazian*

Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch,Department of Chemistry, Arak (Iran).

Corresponding author: E-mail: shirazian@iust.ac.ir

ABSTRACT:

Methanol is one of the most important petrochemical products which is produced in large extents worldwide. Nowadays, it is mostly used as a feed in olefin units for production of synthetic fuels. In this work, methanol production process, under license of Davy Corporation, is simulated by using HYSYS software. The simulations are carried out for steady state condition. The simulation results were compared with experimental data reported in literature and were in good agreement with the experimental values. The simulation results were also used to determine the optimum conditions for production of methanol. The results of this work can be used for reduction of greenhouse gas emission and energy consumption.

KEYWORDS:

Methanol; Davy Mc Kee; Simulation; Optimization

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Copy the following to cite this article: Marjani A. Rezakazemi M, Shirazian S. Simulation of Methanol Production Process and Determination of Optimum Conditions. Orient J Chem 2012;28(1).

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