METHANOL SYNTHESIS METHOD Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC C07C31/04 C07C29/154 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a methanol synthesis method, which includes the following steps: (i) conducting a reaction, in a reaction loop, of a process gas containing hydrogen, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide over a catalyst to obtain a product gas, (ii) condensing methanol, water and secondary oxygenates from the product gas, (iii) returning unreacted gases into the reaction loop, where the catalyst includes pellets obtained by pressing from a reclaimed and passivated powdered catalyst, where said powder contains copper in the range of 15-70 wt %, zinc oxide, wherein the weight ratio Cu:Zn with respect to the oxide is in the range of 2:1 to 3.5:1, aluminium oxide in the range of 5-60 wt %, and optionally one or more oxide promoting compounds selected from Mg, Cr, Mn, V, Ti, Zr, Ta, Mo, W, Si and rare-earth elements, in the range of 0.01-10 wt %, wherein the catalyst is obtained by carrying out steps which include: (i) preparing, in an aqueous medium, a composition containing a homogeneous mixture of separate particles of copper, zinc, aluminium and optionally one or more promoting compounds of metals selected from Mg, Cr, Mn, V, Ti, Zr, Ta, Mo, W, Si and rare-earth elements, (ii) separating and drying the composition to form a catalyst precursor, (iii) exposing the dried catalyst precursor composition to reducing conditions so that copper compounds contained therein are reduced to copper, (iv) passivating the surface of the reduced copper, and (v) forming a reduced and passivated composition, where, before reducing the copper compounds, the homogeneous mixture is treated at the drying step at temperature in the range of 180-240°C.

EFFECT: when carrying out the disclosed method, total content of secondary oxygenates in the condensate is not more than 500 ppm.

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