Design of a Sustainable Power-to-methanol Process: a Superstructure Approach Integrated with Heat Exchanger Network Optimization

Philipp Kenkel; Timo Wassermann; Edwin Zondervan

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-823377-1.50236-6

Design of a Sustainable Power-to-methanol Process: a Superstructure Approach Integrated with Heat Exchanger Network Optimization

Philipp Kenkel, Timo Wassermann, Edwin Zondervan

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This work presents a bi-criteria superstructure optimization of a PtM (power-to-methanol) design regarding techno-economic and environmental key figures. The general modeling approach based on mass- and energy balances is applied to a case study depicting a potential plant located in the region of northern Germany Schleswig-Holstein. The selected case study demonstrates minimal net production costs of 1,346 €/t of methanol and minimal net production emissions of -2.29 t_CO2/t of methanol. Hence, PtM concepts are not cost competitive as compared to conventional methanol. However, utilizing renewable electricity, PtM can contribute to CO₂ abatement in the process sector.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1411-1416
Number of pages	6
Journal	Computer aided chemical engineering
Volume	48
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823377-1.50236-6
Publication status	Published - Jan 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE 2020 - Milan, Italy Duration: 24 May 2020 → 27 May 2020 Conference number: 30

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CO utilization
power-to-methanol
Superstructure optimization

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