2010 Annual Meeting
(671e) Methanol Production From Syngas – An Aspen Plus Simulation and Modeling
Authors
Ramalingam Subramaniam - Presenter, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Cunwen Wang - Presenter, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Mark Zappi - Presenter, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Stephen Dufreche - Presenter, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Rakesh K. Bajpai - Presenter, University of Louisiana
An Aspen plus process flow sheet was developed for methanol production from syngas. The syngas composition from a wood gasifier was utilized for the design and simulation of the plant. The simulation results offer useful references for equipment design and process operation optimization.