SUMMARY OF PAST RESEARCHES CARRIED OUT ON

PRODUCTION OF METHANOL & ASPEN RGIBBS:

Sr.No. Author(s) year Title Abstract
1) OrhanOzcan, international Thermodynamic analysis of Study on the
Ays‚eNilgun Akın journal of methanol steamreforming thermodynamic
hydrogen to produce hydrogen for equilibrium ofmethanol
energy HT-PEMFC: Anoptimization steam reforming (MSR)
44(2019)14117 study process was performed
e14126 by using Aspen Plus and
theresponse surface
methodology (RSM).The
impacts of operation
parameters;
temperature, pressure
and steam-to-methanol
ratio (H2O/MeOH) on the
product distribution
wereinvestigated.
The operating range
of interest (temperature:
25e600 _C, pressure:
1e3.0 atm, H2O/MeOH:
0e7.0) were analyzed.a
comprehensive
thermodynamic analysis
of the MSR process by
using Aspen Plus
software combined with
astatistical method,
response surface
methodology (RSM)
wasapplied. Gibbs free
energy minimization of
all plausible product
species present in was
studied
2) A. Journal of Methanol production from Currently the production
Borgogna,Salladini, Cleaner Refuse Derived Fuel: of methanol from Refuse
L. Spadacini, A. Production 235 Influence of feedstock Derived Fuel, a derived
Pitrelli, M.C. (2019) composition on process product of Municipal
Annesini , G. 1080e1089 yield through gasification SolidWaste.High-
Iaquaniello analysis temperature conversion
of waste in syngas is the
main step of the Waste-
to-Methanol process.
A thermodynamic
 equilibrium model of
gasification unit has been
developed in Aspen Plus
environment and applied
to analyses the effects of
feedstock variability; RDF
composition has
beencharacterized
considering as main
parameters: ash,
moisture and
combustible fractions,
carbon toHydrogen and
carbon to oxygen ratios,
and Lower Heating Value.
Then, a simplified
simulation ofdownstream
process has been
introduced to evaluate
the influence of waste
composition on
overallMethanol
production.
3) Arul M, Dinesh 2019 IOP Conf. Aspen HYSYS simulation of Pyrolysis is the process of
Kumar M, Ser.: Earth biomass pyrolysis for the decomposing biomass in
AnandRamanatha Environ. Sci. 312 production ofmethanol an inert atmosphere to
n 012015 convert it into
worthwhile products. The
production of methanol
from sugarcane bagasse
via pyrolysis was
simulated using Aspen
HYSYS because of its
ability to solve chemical
as well as energy
problems.
Biomass is an excellent
renewable resource for
the production of
methanol. It is of utmost
importance to make
effective use of biomass
resources. There are
different methods
available for the
Production of methanol
from biomass.
4) UDONNE, J.D., International OPTIMIZATION OF This Work provides us
 BALOGUN F.O Journal of SYNTHESIS GAS information about the
Scientific & (AUTOTHERMAL) REACTOR optimization of an
Engineering IN METHANOL autothermal reactor in
Research, PRODUCTION PROCESS the production of
Volume 7, Issue USING NATURAL GAS AS methanol using natural
3, March-2016 FEED STOCK gas as feed stock. The key
398 ISSN 2229- gains of the work are:
5518 maximizing the reactor
profit while minimizing
the reactor cost and
minimizing energy
consumption. The total
cost (coolant+ steam) is
minimized from $1365.26
to $1266.75, and also net
revenue, which is the
profit, is maximized from
$60978.8 to $61077.3.
The optimization
modeling was done using
the quasi Newton
optimization scheme in
Aspen
5) Theophilus Arthur Master thesis Control structure This thesis studies
for the degree design for methanol the self-optimizing
of process control for a methanol
MSc.Trondheim, plant. Natural gas was
June 2010 considered as the raw
material for the process
simulation, since it is of
special interest in
Norway for both
economic and political
point of view. Different
technologies which are
applied in practice for the
production of the
mentioned
petrochemical were also
studied in the literature
review of this
Work.
The three main parts
in the production of
methanol namely;
synthesis gas production,
methanol synthesis and
purification has been
 simulated using UniSim™.
Autothermal reforming
(ATR) technology was
used for the production
of the synthesis gas since
it is one of the best ways
of producing methanol in
large capacities.
6) Prof. Carlo Giorgio Anno Process modelling and This work provides us
Visconti accademico simulation of a methanol information that the non-
2017/2018 synthesis plant using renewable energy
syngas streams obtained sources were the only
from biomass way to produce energy.
Their limit, which
contrast with their high
energy density, is the
finiteness: they will
dwindle until eventually
disappear. The interest to
invest in renewable
sources, such as
biomasses, is increasing
over the years. The
gasification of biomasses
producing syngas and its
transformation into
methanol, a very
versatile molecule, can
be an interesting route in
the present and future
energy scenario.
7) Nicolas Meunier, Renewable Alternative production of In this context, the
Remi Chauvy, Energy 146 methanol from industrial purpose of thisstudy is to
SelouaMouhoubi, (2020) CO2 evaluate and highlight
Diane Thomas, 1192e1203 the interest of CO2
Guy De Weireld conversion into methanol
through a complete
techno economic and
environmental
assessment of the entire
process chain. The
integrated
process,successfully
implemented in Aspen
Plus®, is designed to treat
the CO2 coming from a
conventionalcement
plant.
 The environmental
impacts of the CO2-
based process are mostly
lower than the
conventional methanol
production
especiallyanalyzing the
FD that is reduced by
77% in comparison to the
conventional process.
8) Na DENG, Higher Simulation analysis of The thermodynamic
Dongyan LI, Qiang Education Press municipal solid waste equilibrium model based
ZHANG, Awen and Springer- pyrolysis and on Gibbsfree energy
ZHANG, Verlag Berlin gasification based on minimization is suitable
Rongchang CAI, Heidelberg 2017 Aspen plus for this kind ofsimulation
Biting ZHANG calculation of complex
equilibrium system,
because it does not
require the knowledge of
specific chemical
reactions. Currently,
many scholars are using
the Aspen plus software
to establish reaction
process
models and solve
computational problems,
most of whom
are interested in
combustion and
gasification of coal and
biomass
9) SIMULATION OF International Simulation of methanol Recently, methanol
METHANOL Journal of synthesis from synthesis synthesis with CO2-rich
SYNTHESIS FROM Scientific & gas in fixed bed catalytic feed has drawn a lot of
SYNTHESIS GAS IN Engineering reactor using attention and research is
FIXED BED Research mathematical modeling currently aimed at
CATALYTIC Volume 3, Issue and neural networks finding a suitable catalyst
REACTOR USING 2, February- for such a task. A pseudo-
MATHEMATICAL 2012 homogeneous model was
MODELING AND developed for fixed bed
NEURAL catalytic methanol
NETWORKS reactor based on the
reaction mechanisms and
mass and energy balance
equations the profile of
methanol molar flow
rate, H2 and CO2
 conversion, methanol
yield, and temperature
were achieved through
the length of catalytic
bed reactor. Good
agreement was found
between model results
and industrial data.
10) Wernher von book Methanol Synthesis Model For a long time, non-
Braun and Reactor Design renewable energy
sources were the only
way to produce energy.
Their limit, which
contrast with their high
energy density, is the
finiteness: they will
dwindle until eventually
disappear. The interest to
invest in renewable
sources, such as
biomasses, is increasing
over the years. The
gasification of biomasses
producing syngas and its
transformation into
methanol, a very
versatile molecule, can
be an interesting route in
the present and future
energy scenario.
11) S. H. Ballman and Ind. Eng. Chem., Optimization of Methanol Optimization of large
J. L. Gaddy' Process Des. Process by Flowsheet complex chemical
Dev., Vol. 16, Simulation processes is a necessary
No. 3, 1977 step in economic design
of these systems.
Flowsheet simulation
models afford an ideal
mechanism for detailed
optimization of these
processes. The methanol
process offers several
interesting optimization
variables (reformer
temperature, pressure,
and steam and
carbon dioxide to
hydrocarbon ratios;
synthesis loop pressure,
 temperature, purge rate,
and conversion) which
require detailed models
of the reaction kinetics
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