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    Methanol

    Welcome to the new methanol market.
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    Regardless of what pathway you choose our solutions are expertly engineered to help you achieve optimal methanol production.

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    A new alternative fuel source for shipping and automotive.

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    Estimated production at 500 million tons a year by 2050.

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    Produce methanol from a vast spectrum of feedstocks.

    Methanol, what is it?

    Methanol (CH3OH) has long been a key product within the chemical industry. The uses of methanol include in the production of formaldehyde, acetic acid, and plastics. While current methanol applications have resulted in a methanol industry that produces 98 million tons per annum1, the energy transition is opening new potential for this versatile chemical.

    Methanol’s qualities – such as its ability to be clean-burning, readily biodegradable and easily stored, transported, and distributed in liquid form – have put it on the map as a new alternative fuel source, most notably for the shipping and automotive industries. With an increased focus on e-fuels being a key part of the drive towards net-zero, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) projects that methanol production could reach 500 million tons a year by 2050.2

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    At Topsoe, we offer expertly engineered solutions to help you achieve optimal methanol production, regardless of what pathway you choose.

    Multiple pathways to methanol production

    eMethanol

    eMethanol

    Produced from green hydrogen and biogenic CO2. Our proven ModuLite™ solution has been further developed to feature dynamic operation for optimal handling of green hydrogen feedstock.
    Conventional methanol

    Conventional methanol

    Methanol is traditionally produced through steam reforming natural gas into syngas and then catalytically converting this syngas through a reactor. This is also commonly known as grey methanol.

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    Nacero plans large-scale Methanol production with Topsoe Technology
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    Nacero plans large-scale Methanol production with Topsoe Technology

    Bruce Selkirk, Executive Chairman and CEO of Nacero, discusses the company’s mission to deliver significant emissions reductions through large-scale methanol fuel production. Their current focus is developing a low-carbon methanol facility on the Texas Gulf Coast, now 80% through front-end engineering design.
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    New SynCOR Ammonia™ process
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    New SynCOR Ammonia™ process

    Until now, large-scale ammonia production in single line configuration has suffered from a lack of demonstrated plant concepts with proven feasibility and competitiveness. Traditionally, the industry has perceived 3,500 MTPD as the limit in single line capacity.
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    Troubleshooting helps trinidad ammonia plant save LTS catalyst

    Just before Christmas, the inlet temperature on a low temperature shift (LTS) converter at an ammonia plant in Trinidad started falling. When the temperature dropped below the dew point, operators shut down the plant and realized that water could be drained from the bottom of the converter.
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