Conference paper
Achieving a More Sustainable Process Design for the Production of Methanol
Methanol is an important chemical product because it can be used as a raw material for the production of other chemicals (1), for example dimethyl carbonate, formaldehyde and methyl tert-butyl ether and it is also one of the most produced bulk chemicals with an annual global production of 100 million metric tonnes per year (1).
Methanol can be produced using different reaction paths, for example natural gas. If natural gas is used for methanol production then CO2 is produced, utilized and can be emitted. Therefore, achieving a more sustainable design for the production of methanol is beneficial in order to reduce the process CO2 carbon footprint.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2015 |
Proceedings: | 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting |
Types: | Conference paper |