Methanol Plants for Sale

Used 450 TPD Methanol Plant, built in 1979. Uses low pressure process from Lurgi of Germany. The plant has capacity of 450 TPD if raw material is natural gas, or 535 TPD if raw material is naphtha. The plant has three process sections. The first section receives and clean raw material, which is heated to fixed temperature and in fixed ratio mixed with water steam. This mixture goes to reformer where at app. 1000 degree C in special pipes filled with catalyst to generate synthesis gas. The second process section is for raw methanol synthesis, which is an exothermal reaction in synthesis loop. The first section uses 4 columns for final methanol production distillation. Three of the columns are used for methanol distillation, and the fourth column for re-distllation of waste water and deprivation of alcohol addition. The plant has Foxboro control system. The plant has shut down and is currently cold preserved.

Used 380 TPD Methanol Plant for sale immediately available. The plant was operated for only a few months before it shut down due to natural gas shortage and surging price. The plant has been dismantled. All the equipment is saved in good condition and ready for quick shipment. The plant uses natural gas and carbon dioxide as feedstock. Steam required for reforming is produced by using the heat of flue and reformed gas. The process comprises the follow stages: (1) desulfurization (2) steam reforming (3) steam-oxygen reforming (4) methanol synthesis (5) distillation. Consumption data per ton of refined methanol product (99.95% purity): total natural gas 957 Nm3 (process 691 m3 + fuel 266 m3); carbon dioxide 94 m3; oxygen (95%) 189 m3; total electrical power 143 KW (123 KW for crude methanol production + 20 KW for distillation).

Used 260 TPD Methanol Plant designed for two basic modes, 1) Low Carbon Concept, 2) Carbon Dioxide Addition. The Low Carbon Concept process route is based upon the production of methanol using only natural gas as feedstock. Synthesis gas obtained from natural gas by the Low Carbon Concept process route contains a large excess of hydrogen over carbon compared to the relative amounts required for stoichiometric methanol synthesis. If the excess hydrogen is combined with more carbon, more methanol is produced. This plant is designed to achieve such an increase in production by Carbon Dioxide Addition which yields 20 percent more methanol, for a similar amount of natural gas feedstock, than is produced by Low Carbon Concept operation.

Used 1,300 MTPD Lurgi designed Methanol Synthesis Gas Loop built in 1974, refurbished (partially), currently dismantled and stored for resale. The methanol loop processes raw synthesis gas and recycle gas in the presence of a zinc / copper catalyst. The partially reformed gas stream from the primary reformer is sent to the secondary reformer where it is reacted with oxygen and most of the remaining methane converted to synthesis gas. The synthesis gas leaving the secondary reformer is cooled, compressed and sent to the converter loop where carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen are reacted to produce crude methanol, a mixture mainly of methanol and water.

Used 704 TPD Methanol Plant. Includes (1) Foster Wheeler Steam Methane Reforming Unit to generate syngas for producing 200 TPD of methanol, one (1) Davy steam methane reforming unit to generate syngas for 300 TPD of methanol, and one (1) auto thermal reforming unit to generate syngas for 250 TPD methanol. The plant also includes a CO2 recovery unit of 90 TPD capacity. The plant's high thermal efficiency methanol distillation unit has three (3) columns capable of distillate 800 TPD of methanol. The plant has its own air separation unit (ASU) to generate 150 TPD of oxygen.

Used 43 TPD Methanol Plant built in 2009. Designed to utilize the syngas generated from a biomass gasifier to produce organic methanol or mixed alcohols. The can also use the syngas generated from natural gas reformer and coal gasifier as feedstock. The process is pentane-based batch azeotrope separation. The 1st and 2nd gas compressor skid system is rated at MAWP 425 psig at 300F, with 1750HP motor; the 3rd and 4th compressor skid is White Superior Frame 72 - (2) cylinder rated at 2500 psig at 300F, 1750 HP. The catalytic methanol converter is designed for 3.9 MMBTU/hr, using MegaMax 700 catalyst supplied by Sud Chemie of Germany. Operation manuals and drawings are available. Sales package includes all interconnecting pipes, structure and instruments. Although gasifier or reformer is not included in this plant, Phoenix Equipment can supply a syngas production unit, which generates 10,000 Nm3/hr of hydrogen. See Plant # 405 for more details. (http://www.phxequip.com/plant.2249/hyco-syngas-plant-13-200-nm3-hr.aspx)

Used 190 TPD Methanol Plant built in 1991. The plant produces 17,270 lbs/hr (190 T/day) fuel grade methanol from steam saturated natural gas. Main process steps are Feedstock Desulfurization and Saturation, Synthesis Gas Production, Crude Methanol Production, Heat Recovery, Compression and Distillation.

Used 1,400 TPD Methanol Plant built in 1970. Designed by Lurgi. This plant produced methanol of purity greater than 99.85%. The average plant reliability is 92% - 94%. All equipment records are available.