METHOD OF PRODUCING METHANOL FROM NATURAL GAS AND APPARATUS FOR REALISING SAID METHOD Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC C07C31/04 C07C29/151 C01B3/32 B01J8/00 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method of producing methanol from natural gas, involving heating starting natural gas, obtaining superheated steam from prepared water and mixture thereof with the starting natural gas, single-step conversion of the vapour-gas mixture in a reforming furnace into converted gas, cooling the converted gas and single-step catalytic conversion of the converted gas into methanol in a synthesis reactor, wherein the heat of flue gases from the reforming furnace is used to heat the starting natural gas and the prepared water, superheating the steam and vapour-gas mixture, as well as heating the converted gas before inlet into the synthesis reactor. The invention also relates to apparatus for realising the described method.

EFFECT: use of the present invention increases efficiency of recycling energy from heat flux while simultaneously simplifying the conversion and synthesis processes.

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