How to make the production of methanol/DME &#8220;GREENER&#8221;&#8212;Integration
of wind power with modern coal chemical industry&#8212;

doi:10.1007/s11708-009-0012-2

Front. Energy

2009, Vol. 3

Issue (1) : 94-98 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-009-0012-2

Research articles

How to make the production of methanol/DME “GREENER”—Integration of wind power with modern coal chemical industry—

Weidou NI ¹, Zhen CHEN ¹, Zheng LI ¹, Jian GAO ²,

1.State key laboratory of Power Systems, Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua—BP Clean Energy Center,Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; 2.Datang International Chemical Technology Research Institute CO., LTD., Beijing 100070, China;

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Abstract The urgency and necessity of alternative fuels give an impetus to the development of modern coal chemical industry. Coal-based methanol/DME is the key element of this industry. Wind power, whose installed capacity increased at a rate of more than 100% in recent years, has the most developed technologies in renewable energy. However, there still exist many unsolved problems in wind power for on-grid utilization. A new integrated system which combines coal-based methanol/DME production with wind power is proposed in this paper. In this system, wind power is used to electrolyze water to produce H₂ and O₂. The O₂ is fed to the gasifier as gasification agent. The H₂ is mixed with the CO-rich gas to adjust the H₂/CO to an appropriate ratio for methanol synthesis. In comparison with conventional coal-based methanol/DME system, the proposed system omits the expensive and energy-consuming ASU and greatly reduces the water gas shift process, which brings both advantages in the utilization of all raw materials and significant mitigation of CO₂ emission. This system will be attractive in the regions of China which have abundant wind and coal resources.

Keywords wind power off-grid coal-based methanol/DME electrolyze water

Issue Date: 05 March 2009

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Weidou NI,Zheng LI,Zhen CHEN, et al. How to make the production of methanol/DME “GREENER”—Integration of wind power with modern coal chemical industry—[J]. Front. Energy, 2009, 3(1): 94-98.

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