The document discusses options for removing carbon dioxide from a methane feed for methanol production. It determines that passing the feed through a rotary drum filter with lime powder would remove the carbon dioxide through a reaction that produces calcium carbonate. Based on the production rate of methanol and the methane to methanol reaction ratio, it calculates that the annual feed would be 986842105 moles, of which 49342105 moles would be carbon dioxide. It then calculates that this would require 2763157 kilograms of lime powder costing Rs. 12,57,23,684 annually, and produce 4934210 kilograms of calcium carbonate that can be sold for Rs. 59210526. The total annual capital investment for this
The document discusses options for removing carbon dioxide from a methane feed for methanol production. It determines that passing the feed through a rotary drum filter with lime powder would remove the carbon dioxide through a reaction that produces calcium carbonate. Based on the production rate of methanol and the methane to methanol reaction ratio, it calculates that the annual feed would be 986842105 moles, of which 49342105 moles would be carbon dioxide. It then calculates that this would require 2763157 kilograms of lime powder costing Rs. 12,57,23,684 annually, and produce 4934210 kilograms of calcium carbonate that can be sold for Rs. 59210526. The total annual capital investment for this
The document discusses options for removing carbon dioxide from a methane feed for methanol production. It determines that passing the feed through a rotary drum filter with lime powder would remove the carbon dioxide through a reaction that produces calcium carbonate. Based on the production rate of methanol and the methane to methanol reaction ratio, it calculates that the annual feed would be 986842105 moles, of which 49342105 moles would be carbon dioxide. It then calculates that this would require 2763157 kilograms of lime powder costing Rs. 12,57,23,684 annually, and produce 4934210 kilograms of calcium carbonate that can be sold for Rs. 59210526. The total annual capital investment for this
Decision for Carbon dioxide input or filter out from feed
A possible mechanism for Carbon dioxide removal is passing
it with lime powder on a rotary drum filter. As it is given that methanol production rate is 300000 tons/annum, this implies that 937500000 moles/annum of methanol will be produced for which we require the same number of moles of methane in feed. Methane gets converted to methanol in a 1:1 stoichiometric ratio. As we have considered feed as 95% methane along with circa 5% carbon dioxide, thus Considering F as moles of feed input 0.95F=9375000000 mole/annum Annual feed moles(F)= 986842105.3 moles/annum Moles of CO2=0.05F=49342105.26 moles/annum Now, from the reaction CaO + CO2 CaCO3 Mass of lime powder needed= 0.056 x (Moles of CO2) =2763157.895 kg/annum Taking market rate of lime powder as Rs. 4550/ton Amount invested in lime powder=45.5x(Mass of lime powder)=Rs. 12,57,23,684.20 /annum Mass of CaCO3 deposited=0.1xMoles of CO2 =4934210.526 kg/annum Taking market rate of calcium carbonate as Rs.12/kg Cost recovered by selling CaCO3=12x(mass of CaCO3) =Rs. 59210526.31/annum Cost of 1 Rotary Drum filter = Rs. 33750 Annual Capital investment for Removing CO2 Buying Cost of lime powder=Rs.125723684.20 Cost of 1 RD filter =Rs. 33750.00 Selling cost of CaCO3 =Rs. 59210526.31 Annual capital investment =Rs. 66546907.89