Capacity of the Bio-Methanol plant verses logistic and economic issues
The basic design of BPS to produce 2.5 ton/hr methanol is based on logistic and economic criteria. In principal the basic design can be multiplied or divided by a factor of 3 to 4, as common in chemical engineering. The economical reason to produce 2.5 ton/hr has its origin in…
Methanol prices and the prices of the feedstock.
Methanol is a commodity. Many influences effect the methanol price. The major influence though is the natural gas price (methane). As natural gas is the feedstock for fossil methanol. Gas price vary with oil prices, but not in equal percentage. Bio-methanol will be made with biomass feedstock. So it is…