What are the devices used in industrial methanol production?
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Moving equipment includes: circulators, compressors, blowers, centrifugal pumps; fans are also part of this category. Static equipment includes: synthesis towers, packed towers, various types of condensers, units for methanol production, as well as gas storage tanks
Why doesn’t the original poster look up methanol process diagrams online? That would provide a more comprehensive overview
Main equipment: converter, compressor, waste heat boiler, methanol synthesis tower, tower system
The equipment used for methanol production varies depending on the source of the feed gas! There is water gas, natural gas, coke oven gas, and so on. The main equipment used later includes the following: For moving equipment, there are circulators, compressors, blowers, centrifugal pumps; fans are also part of this category. For stationary equipment, there are synthesis towers, desulfurization towers, decarburization towers, packed towers, distillation towers, and various condensers
There are also mixers, adsorption units, distillation columns, synthesis towers, separators, flash towers, reactors, absorption towers, methanol tanks, air coolers, condensers, shift converters, etc. The equipment varies depending on the requirements of the specific unit and process; the difference from ordinary chemical processing equipment lies in the internal structure and design of the towers and reactors