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Subhasish Mitra
M.Tech Scholar
Department of Chemical Engg
IIT Kanpur
Brief Introduction:
GTL technology:
Conversion of natural gas to longer chain hydrocarbons
through FT synthesis that typically remain in the range
of middle distillate i.e. transportation fuel.
Process Flow Diagram Synthesis gas
-Main Process Sections: [1]
reactor
FT
reactor
GTG
Separator section
Process Flow Diagram
Integration loop-2
-Energy Integration Sections: [1]
Integration
Integration loop-4 loop -1
Integration loop-3
Process Simulation Flow sheet – Overall
Plant:
Heat integration
primary loop
Heat
integrati
on
seconda
ry loop
Simulation Summary:
Natural Gas Feed Rate : 100 MMSCFD (4891 kmol/hr)
Problems Solutions
Assume feedstock flow rate with std.
compositions and suitable ratios to
Most of the input data e.g. raw materials
other reactants. Use std. reactions for
flow rates, compositions are not available
in the document being a patent. the process available in literature.
Match given operating conditions by
repeated trial & error.
Only one recycle stream to be handled
Energy integration is difficult because of at a time. After convergence is
multiple interacting process streams. achieved, next recycle loop can be
focused on.
Summary:
A conceptual GTL plant simulation study is carried out
based on the flow scheme obtained from Ref 1.
Steam $20.7/ton
Electricity $0.09/kwh
10.00
Natural gas
price:$1.5/MMBTU
% ROI
5.00
Natural gas
0.00 cost:$2.0/MMBTU
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
-10.00
Natural gas
cost:$3.0/MMBTU
-15.00
Years Natural gas
cost:$3.5/MMBTU
Payback Period Without Heat Integration:
Impact of Natural Gas price on GTL project payback time
25.00
Project not
profitable when NG
20.00
price exceeds
GTL project pay back time (years)
$2.5/MMBTU
15.00
10.00
5.00
0.00
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
40.00
Natural gas
NG price price:$1.0/MMBTU
35.00
increases Natural gas price :
$1.5/MMBTU
30.00
Natural gas
price:$1.5/MMBTU
25.00
Natural gas
20.00 cost:$2.0/MMBTU
% R OI
Natural gas
15.00
cost:$2.5/MMBTU
Natural gas
-10.00 cost:$4.5/MMBTU
Years
Natural gas
cost:$5.0/MMBTU
Payback Period With Heat Integration:
10.00
8.00
price exceeds
7.00 $3.0/MMBTU
6.00
5.00
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
0 1 2 3 4 5 6