Towards sustainable methanol from industrial CO2 sources

Douven, Sigrid; Benkoussas, Hana; Font-Palma, Carolina; Léonard, Grégoire

Abstract

This chapter discusses the opportunity of using CO2 from industrial sources to produce sustainable methanol. Some important industrial sectors that could be seen as potential sources of CO2 are reviewed: ammonia, steel, ethanol, ethylene, natural gas, cement and power industries. In most cases, despite a promising potential for CO2 re-use, only few projects have been identified and methanol production from CO2 is still marginal. A model for the CO2-to-methanol process is presented based on CO2-rich gas coming from ammonia production process. This model takes into account the different steps from the CO2 capture to the methanol purification, and heat integration is performed in order to determine the reduction of heat consumption achievable for the global process. Even if the economic relevance of the CO2 re-use into methanol still has to be qualified, it offers an estimation of the process efficiency.

Citation

Douven, S., Benkoussas, H., Font-Palma, C., & Léonard, G. (2019). Towards sustainable methanol from industrial CO2 sources. In M. North, & P. Styring (Eds.), Carbon Dioxide Utilization : Volume 2 : Transformations (361-384). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110665147-019

• Online Publication Date: Oct 21, 2019
• Publication Date: Oct 21, 2019
• Deposit Date: Jan 18, 2021
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Pages: 361-384
• Series Title: De Gruyter STEM
• Book Title: Carbon Dioxide Utilization : Volume 2 : Transformations
• Chapter Number: 19
• ISBN: 9783110665147; 9783110665178
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110665147-019
• Keywords: Carbon dioxide capture and utilization
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3696212
• Publisher URL: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110665147-019/html