title: Dry reforming of methane to syngas: a potential alternative process for value added chemicals-a techno-economic perspective.
abstract: During the past decade, there has been increasing global concern over the rise of anthropogenic CO2emission into the Earth's atmosphere (J Air Waste Manage Assoc 53:645-715, 2003). The utilization of CO2to produce any valuable product is need of the hour. The production of syngas from CO2and CH4seems to be one of the promising alternatives in terms of industrial utilization, as it offers several advantages: (a) mitigation of CO2, (b) transformation of natural gas and CO2into valuable syngas, and (c) producing syngas with H2/CO ratio 1 which may further be used for the production of valuable petrochemicals (J Air Waste Manage Assoc 53:645-715, 2003). A conceptual design for the production of synthesis gas by dry reforming of methane is presented here. An economic assessment of this process with an integrated methanol production section as a case was conceptualized and compared with the conventional steam methane reforming route to produce methanol. The economic study indicated that dry reforming of natural gas/methane is a competitive process with lower operating and capital costs in comparison with steam reforming assuming negligible cost of CO2import.
authors.affiliation: SABIC Research & Technology Pvt. Ltd, Plot No. 81 to 85 Chikkadunnasandra, Anekal Taluk, Off. Sarjapura-Attibele State Highway, Bengaluru, 562125, India.
authors.forename: Kartick
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.affiliation: SABIC Research & Technology Pvt. Ltd, Plot No. 81 to 85 Chikkadunnasandra, Anekal Taluk, Off. Sarjapura-Attibele State Highway, Bengaluru, 562125, India.
authors.forename: Sankar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasmal
authors.affiliation: SABIC Research & Technology Pvt. Ltd, Plot No. 81 to 85 Chikkadunnasandra, Anekal Taluk, Off. Sarjapura-Attibele State Highway, Bengaluru, 562125, India.
authors.forename: Srikant
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Badgandi
authors.affiliation: SABIC Research & Technology Pvt. Ltd, Plot No. 81 to 85 Chikkadunnasandra, Anekal Taluk, Off. Sarjapura-Attibele State Highway, Bengaluru, 562125, India.
authors.forename: Dipabali Roy
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.affiliation: SABIC Research & Technology Pvt. Ltd, Plot No. 81 to 85 Chikkadunnasandra, Anekal Taluk, Off. Sarjapura-Attibele State Highway, Bengaluru, 562125, India. vinod.nair@sabic.com.
authors.forename: Vinod
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1059-4781
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels / Q000032:analysis* / Q000191:economics*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D008697:Methane / Q000737:chemistry*; D013227:Steam
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D013227:Steam; D008697:Methane
keywords: CO2 emission and utilization; Capital cost; Dry reforming of methane/natural gas; H2/CO ratio; Methanol synthesis; Production cost; Synthesis gas (syngas)