Direct methane production from coal
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What is a good gasifying agent for coal-to-natural gas (methane) production? Among steam, steam + hydrogen, and steam + hydrogen + carbon monoxide, which one is the best? Is mechanical mixing a better method for loading the catalyst, or is impregnation superior?
Who has information on this topic? Please feel free to upload some! Many places are currently developing coal-to-natural gas projects, especially in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, where there is a significant shortage of natural gas, so development is progressing rapidly!
You’re asking for someone’s “top-secret information”; if you have nothing to offer in return, no one will be willing to communicate with you.
If Party A leaks this information, the design institute will stop working. If Party B does it, then the employee who leaked the information can be fired; after that, how will Party B manage to make a living?
It mainly depends on the gasification process you choose; generally, the Lurgi process is used, with conversion, purification, and methanation steps following thereafter
Why does it sound so terrifying according to what everyone says? At present, there are only experimental studies in this area in China, and it hasn’t reached the level of confidentiality held by industrial manufacturers!
There are a few relevant posts on the forum, which the original poster can see. I know Great Point Energy is promoting their catalytic gasification process for producing methane. Alkali metal catalysts, large amounts of steam, and a certain proportion of oxygen are usually used. Tiandawang is right; what you’re looking for are core technical documents, which are usually covered by confidentiality agreements and cannot be disclosed casually. However, you can find a lot of relevant information in databases such as articles.
Well, actually, after all the discussions, there are only a few topics in question. The specific data is held by the design institutes and technology suppliers; we’ll just have to wait and see how things turn out once they start operations