Development and Validation of a Laboratory-Scale Methanol Synthesis Mini-Plant and Digital Twin Simulation
Nowak TA, Reisch J, Siodlaczek M, Epple B, Drochner A, Etzold B (2025)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2025
Journal
Article Number: e00045
Abstract
The utilization of CO2 is becoming increasingly important for replacing fossil resources in the chemical industry. Methanol synthesis from CO2 and H2 can play a key role in providing a renewable base chemical. To develop full process concepts, a methanol mini-plant was set up, accompanied by a digital twin to investigate flexible feedstocks and the recycling of unconverted reactants, including product condensation. Experimental results showed good agreement with the digital twin, using recent kinetic models enabling systematic investigation of process parameters and their influence on in-loop gas composition to identify optimal reaction and feed gas conditions. Experiments with syngas from biomass gasification were conducted to assess the feasibility of industrially relevant COx sources.
Authors with CRIS profile
Janne Reisch
Lehrstuhl für Power-to-X-Technologien
Bastian Etzold
Lehrstuhl für Power-to-X-Technologien
Involved external institutions
Germany (DE)How to cite
APA:
Nowak, T.A., Reisch, J., Siodlaczek, M., Epple, B., Drochner, A., & Etzold, B. (2025). Development and Validation of a Laboratory-Scale Methanol Synthesis Mini-Plant and Digital Twin Simulation. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202500045
MLA:
Nowak, Timothy A., et al. "Development and Validation of a Laboratory-Scale Methanol Synthesis Mini-Plant and Digital Twin Simulation." Chemie Ingenieur Technik (2025).
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