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Syngas Production Process Development and Economic Evaluation for Gas‐to‐Liquid Applications
Author(s) -
Maqbool Wahab,
Lee Euy Soo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201300579
Subject(s) - syngas , process engineering , natural gas , methane reformer , process (computing) , homogeneous , production (economics) , waste management , environmental science , engineering , computer science , steam reforming , chemistry , catalysis , hydrogen production , thermodynamics , economics , organic chemistry , physics , operating system , macroeconomics
The range of syngas composition produced by autothermal reforming of natural gas makes it suitable and in compliance with the gas‐to‐liquid technology for subsequent conversion to synthetic crude oil. A modified and improvised design for this reforming technique is proposed in which oxygen consumption is reduced as compared to the conventional process. Simulative optimization helps in optimal designing of the new process subject to a set of constraints applied to both the processes for uniform and homogeneous comparison. Aspen HYSYS is used for simulation and optimization of the process and the economics are evaluated by an Aspen Process Economic Analyzer.