Modeling of a Liquid Entrained Reactor for Liquid Phase Methanol Synthesis Process

Author

P. Vijayaraghavan
Conrad J. Kulik
Sunggyu Lee, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

The liquid phase methanol (LPMeOHTM) synthesis process is to be commercially carried out in a liquid entrained reactor (LER), where the catalyst-inert oil slurry is pumped through the reaction zone along with the syngas fed separately. A computer model was developed based on the experimental results, for the LPMeOHTM process in a liquid entrained reactor. This computer program accurately predicts the multicomponent phase equilibria, ultimate chemical equilibria and the compositions of each reactant and product species exiting in the entrained reactor. The prediction of the results of this modeling agrees well with the experimental data from the LaPorte pilot plant entrained reactor.

Recommended Citation

P. Vijayaraghavan et al., "Modeling of a Liquid Entrained Reactor for Liquid Phase Methanol Synthesis Process," Fuel Science and Technology International, Taylor & Francis, Jan 1992.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1080/08843759208905360

Department(s)

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 1992 Taylor & Francis, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 1992