What is the minimum value of H/C for methanol synthesis?
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What is the minimum value of H/C for methanol synthesis? Typically, the H/C ratio for fresh gas in methanol synthesis is required to be 2.05; is there a minimum limit for this value?
What are the hazards of an excessively low H/C ratio in the fresh gas for methanol synthesis?
What is the maximum allowable carbon monoxide content in the gas entering the tower?
According to chemical reaction kinetics, in the methanol synthesis reaction, the higher the H/C ratio, the higher the synthesis conversion rate. For different sources of feed gas, the H/C ratio in the fresh gas varies; however, an H/C ratio of 2.05 represents the minimum from a theoretical standpoint of economic efficiency. It is possible to produce methanol even at lower ratios, but that would render the construction of a plant pointless.
Our 1.62 is too high – doesn’t it result in an overly rapid reaction? We still need to use an inert gas