MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617062101 A) filed by Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Limited on May 15, 2026, for Process For Synthesising Methanol.
Inventors include Cheung, Wing Han Vivian; Janardhanan, Madhanakrishnan; Smith, Alexander David Baylis; and Yorath, Neil David.
The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.
Abstract: A process for the synthesis of methanol is described comprising the steps of: (i) forming a feed gas mixture comprising carbon dioxide and hydrogen; (ii) passing the feed gas mixture at an inlet temperature to a methanol synthesis unit comprising a methanol synthesis reactor containing a methanol synthesis catalyst to form a product gas mixture containing methanol, wherein the feed gas mixture is heated to the inlet temperature in heat exchange with the product gas mixture in a feed gas interchanger; (iii) cooling the product gas mixture and recovering a crude liquid methanol stream, and; (iv) distilling the crude liquid methanol stream in at least a first distillation column and a second distillation column in series to obtain a purified methanol product, wherein the first distillation column is coupled to a heat exchanger used to supply heat to the first distillation column that is heated by the product gas mixture downstream of the feed gas interchanger and the second distillation column is coupled to a heat exchanger used to supply heat to the second distillation column that is heated by steam or the product gas mixture upstream of the feed gas interchanger.
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