Patent RU-2254322-C1 (RU)
Inventor: JUNUSOV R R
IPC: B01J19/24
Filed: 2004-02-05
Granted: 2005-06-20
Abstract: FIELD: organic chemistry, chemical technology. 
     SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the improved method for preparing methanol. Method involves the successive feeding hydrocarbon-containing gas, injection of chemically purified water, carrying out the preliminary steam reforming for preparing synthesis gas and carrying out the final reforming if formed gas with addition of oxygen under pressure for carrying out synthesis of methanol, heating reactor for preliminary reforming by flow of obtained synthesis gas going out from reactor for the final reforming that is fed to intertubular space of reactor for preliminary reforming followed by cooling synthesis gas obtained as result of reforming by vapor-gas mixture and carrying out synthesis of methanol in 2-step reactor. Cooling the reaction mixture for carrying out isothermal reaction for synthesis of methanol in intermediate external heat exchanger of two-step reactor is carried out with vapor-gas mixture and cooling flow going out from reactor for synthesis of methanol is carried out with vapor-gas mixture and chemically purified water. Also, invention relates to unit for preparing methanol including the source of hydrocarbon-containing gas and unit for complex preparing gas, reactor for preliminary vapor reforming heated with flow going out from reactor for final reforming, two-step reactor for synthesis of methanol, heat exchangers for cooling synthesis gas, heat exchangers for cooling flow going out from reactor for synthesis of methanol, separator for separation of reaction products and exhausting gases and crude methanol. The unit for preparing methanol is assembled with unit for complex gas preparing including block for preparing chemically purified water, block for preparing raw, additional manufacture involving torch making, cleansing constructions, sources of electric energy, air of control and measuring instruments and automatic equipment, chemical laboratory and operating block. Two-step reactor for synthesis of methanol joined with heat exchanger for cooling synthesis gas with vapor-gas mixture, intermediate external heat exchanger for cooling the reaction mixture with vapor-gas mixture is joined in-line with heat exchanger for cooling flow obtained in reactor with vapor gas mixture, heat exchanger for cooling of chemically purified water and separator for separation of reaction products. Ignition device is assembled in reactor for final reforming that promotes to carry out the start of unit without trigger furnace. Water is injected in flow hydrocarbon gas directly before heat exchanger for the reaction mixture that provides excluding boiler-utilizer and trigger boiler from schedule and to solve the problem for cooling the reaction mixture in reactor for synthesis of methanol also. Based on integration of the device for preparing methanol in technological schedule with unit for complex preparing gas and significant change of the conventional schedule for preparing methanol method provides 3-fold reducing capital investment. 
     EFFECT: improved method for preparing methanol. 
     2 cl, 1 dwg