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US20110120127A1 US12/737,507 US73750709A US2011120127A1 US 20110120127 A1 US20110120127 A1 US 20110120127A1 US 73750709 A US73750709 A US 73750709A US 2011120127 A1 US2011120127 A1 US 2011120127A1
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  • the invention relates to a process for utilizing synthesis gas heat for the generation of supercritical steam in a low energy ammonia or methanol plant and to the apparatus suitable for operating that process, hereby achieving energy savings and overall cost advantages, i.e. better process economics.
  • the invention integrates a method for the generation of supercritical steam in a way which will prevent metal dusting corrosion on the tubes of the steam generator.
  • the temperature of the supercritical steam is getting controlled and kept constant by the adjustment of the feedwater flow to the supercritical steam generator.
  • Synthesis gases contain different amounts of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen. They are generated either out of coal, heavy fuel oil or similar feedstocks by gasification or via steam reforming of hydrocarbon fuels such as natural gas or naphtha. Synthesis gases are used for example as intermediates for the production of methanol or ammonia in industry.
  • Synthesis gas production can be realized in several ways utilising the two basic steps partial oxidation and steam reforming either separately or in sequence.
  • the most widely used method is the combination of the endothermic steam reforming reaction in a primary reformer followed by the exothermal partial oxidation plus again an endothermic reforming reaction step in a secondary reformer.
  • process schemes partly bypassing the endothermic reforming step have been proposed.
  • the reforming steps are carried out over special catalysts.
  • entirely endothermal steam reforming without a secondary reforming step as well as entirely autothermal reforming, i.e. exothermal partial oxidation plus an endothermic reforming reaction step in a vessel similar to a secondary reformer are feasible options.
  • the energy consumption of ammonia and methanol plants is fairly high due to the energy requirements of the reforming reaction to generate the synthesis gas and the compression energy required for the ammonia or methanol synthesis at elevated pressures.
  • the waste heat from the reforming section in ammonia or methanol plants is used to generate steam which is utilized in the turbines of the compressor drives according to the Clausius-Rankine cycle.
  • the conventional steam systems usually employ the following three expensive pieces of equipment in this section: a boiler with the higher steam cycle pressure on the shell side and a steam drum plus a steam superheater. Due to the insufficient metal dusting corrosion resistance of all known materials full superheating of the steam is not possible in the process gas line. Hence, at least one additional superheater utilizing flue gas heat from either a reformer waste gas section or a fired heater has to be positioned in the steam line to achieve reasonable thermodynamic efficiency.
  • each compressor is driven by its own single casing steam turbine.
  • the turbines are specifically designed to run at relatively high speed, thus eliminating the necessity of gearboxes, at least for the low-pressure casings of the compressors.
  • gearboxes As the mechanical outputs of the turbines have to match the power demands of the individual compressors, their respective steam consumptions are thus also specified.
  • the steam systems further have to provide process steam to the reformers at appropriate pressure levels. These typically medium pressure levels are fixed by the operating pressures of the respective synthesis gas preparation sections. To provide the amounts of steam required, usually steam is extracted from the larger turbines at the respective pressure levels. These extraction capabilities complicate turbine design and lead to comparatively expensive machines in common plants.
  • the object of the invention therefore is to provide a process which is both energy saving and cost-effective and which integrates a method for the generation of supercritical steam of the optimum temperature and pressure, enabling the problems of metal dusting corrosion of the steam generator tubes to be circumvented as described above. It is also the object of the invention to provide the apparatus suitable for operating such a process.
  • a process for utilizing synthesis gas heat for the generation of supercritical steam in a low-energy ammonia or methanol plant comprising a reforming or partial oxidation stage, at least one supercritical steam generator, at least one superheater, at least one back pressure turbine, at least one extraction and condensing turbine, and at least one boiler feedwater pump.
  • synthesis gas is synthesized in the reforming or partial oxidation stage and a supercritical steam generator is used for heat recovery.
  • the synthesized synthesis gas is sent to the shell side of the supercritical steam generator, the supercritical steam generator is fed with pressurized feedwater, the feedwater flow is adjusted to maintain the steam temperature at the exit of the supercritical steam generator in the range of 375-500° C.
  • the supercritical steam is generated in the supercritical steam generator at a pressure of 225-450 bar, the supercritical steam is further heated in a superheater to a temperature of 500-750° C., and the supercritical steam exiting the superheater is fed to a back pressure turbine.
  • the reforming or partial oxidation stage where the synthesis gas is produced is selected from a group comprising a primary reformer, a primary and secondary reformer combination, a gas-heated reformer, an autothermal reformer, a partial oxidation chamber, a membrane reactor with oxygen transport membranes, a catalytic POx, or a combination of these.
  • the inlet temperature on the process side is recommended to be in the range of 550-1100° C. and depends on the nature of the reforming or partial oxidation stage installed in the plant. Since a definite amount of heat is provided by the process gas, both feedwater flowrate and inlet temperature to the steam generator determine the critical steam outlet temperature.
  • the temperature of the supercritical steam leaving the supercritical steam generator is kept constant and can be optionally adjusted via a speed-controllable feedwater pump. Unlike prior art where only subcritical steam parameters are implemented, the higher temperature and pressure of supercritical steam allow for a higher efficiency according to the Carnot cycle.
  • Further embodiments according to the present invention are related to the back pressure turbine that extracts thermal energy from the pressurized steam and converts it into mechanical work.
  • the process can be designed in a way that the back pressure turbine is the sole driver of either the process air compressor or the synthesis gas compressor.
  • the supercritical steam is reduced to a steam pressure level of 100-130 bar in the back pressure turbine, then it is mixed with saturated high-pressure steam produced by a steam boiler in the ammonia and methanol synthesis section and is further superheated. This steam is then fed to a conventional high pressure steam turbine with medium pressure steam extraction and condensing part.
  • the outlet pressure level of the back pressure turbine can be identical to the regular medium pressure steam level.
  • regular medium pressure steam level is somewhat higher than the process pressure level of the synthesis gas generation to be able to provide steam to the process.
  • the outlet pressure level of the back pressure turbine does not necessarily have to be equal to the regular medium pressure steam level of the plant but can be positioned between the high pressure pressure steam level and the medium pressure steam level. This way, a higher pressure synthesis gas generation can be supplied with steam in an economic way without affecting the regular medium pressure steam level for other turbines.
  • the described process for utilizing synthesis gas heat for the generation of supercritical steam in a low energy ammonia or methanol plant is to be operated in a set of apparatus comprising a reforming or partial oxidation stage, at least one supercritical steam generator, at least one superheater for supercritical steam, a temperature measuring device downstream of the supercritical steam generator, at least one back pressure turbine, at least one extraction and condensing turbine, at least one boiler feedwater pump, a means for feeding the synthesized synthesis gas to the shell side of the supercritical steam generator, a means for conveying the pressurized feedwater to the supercritical steam generator, a means for adjusting the feedwater flow to keep a constant supercritical steam temperature at the exit of the supercritical steam generator, a means for conveying the supercritical steam produced in the supercritical steam generator to a superheater, and a means for conveying the superheated steam to a back pressure turbine.
  • a further option of the apparatus is that the supercritical steam generator is designed with a vertical tube bundle.
  • a further option of the apparatus is that it additionally comprises a means for connecting the temperature measuring device to a speed-controllable feedwater pump.
  • a further option of the apparatus is that it comprises a superheater upstream of the back pressure turbine which is located in the convection section of the primary reformer or as an alternative in a fired heater.
  • An alternative option of the apparatus is that it comprises a superheater located upstream of the extraction and condensing turbine which is designed as a reformer convection section or a fired heater coil.
  • An alternative option of the apparatus is that it additionally comprises a means for combining the saturated high pressure steam coming from a steam boiler in the synthesis section with the steam out of the back pressure turbine and conveying the joint flow to a common superheater.
  • a further option of the apparatus is that it comprises a means for combining the steam flow from the back pressure turbine and the steam extracted from the extraction and condensing turbine.
  • a further option of the apparatus is that it comprises a supercritical steam generator in the synthesis gas line that is on the steam side as well as on the synthesis gas side followed by a supercritical steam generator.
  • a further option of the apparatus is that it comprises a high temperature CO-shift converter that is arranged between the supercritical team generator and the supercritical team superheater in the synthesis gas line.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 show block diagrams exemplifying different ways of employing the described process for utilizing synthesis gas heat for the generation of supercritical steam in a low energy ammonia or methanol plant.
  • the block diagram in FIG. 1 shows a reforming or partial oxidation stage ( 1 ) in which synthesis gas is produced.
  • This stage is selected from a group comprising a primary reformer, a primary and secondary reformer combination, a gas-heated reformer, an autothermal reformer, a partial oxidation chamber, a membrane reactor with oxygen transport membranes, a catalytic POX, or a combination of these.
  • the generated synthesis gas ( 2 ) is conveyed to the shell side of a supercritical steam generator ( 3 ).
  • the feedwater flow ( 4 ) is preheated ( 5 , 6 ) and pressurized ( 7 , 8 ) before entering the supercritical steam generator ( 3 ).
  • the gas ( 9 ) leaving the supercritical steam generator 1 is further processed in one or more CO-shift units ( 10 , 11 ). Thereby, heating of the preheaters ( 5 , 6 ) is achieved by using the waste heat ( 12 , 30 ) of the CO-shift reactors ( 10 , 11 ).
  • the generated supercritical steam ( 13 ) is sent to a superheater ( 14 ) that is located in the convection section of the primary reformer or in a fired heater.
  • the temperature of the supercritical steam is controlled via a temperature measuring device ( 15 ) that is connected to a speed-controllable feedwater pump ( 7 ) to adjust the feedwater flow ( 4 ) of the supercritical steam generator ( 3 ) in order to keep the supercritical steam temperature at a constant level.
  • the further heated supercritical steam ( 16 ) from the superheater ( 14 ) is fed to a back pressure turbine ( 17 ).
  • the expanded steam ( 18 ) from the back pressure turbine ( 17 ) is mixed with saturated high pressure steam ( 19 ) produced by a steam boiler in the ammonia or methanol synthesis section ( 20 ) and is further superheated in a superheater ( 21 ).
  • This superheater ( 21 ) can be designed as a reformer convection section or a fired heater coil.
  • the superheated steam ( 22 ) is then fed into an extraction and condensing turbine ( 23 ).
  • connection ( 24 ) may serve to control the supercritical steam temperature by adjusting the flow of the feedwater ( 4 ) of the supercritical steam generator ( 3 ) automatically but it may also be omitted and the flow of the feedwater is controlled by other means.
  • an option is to divide the feedwater flow into two parts. Part 1 is sent to the synthesis section and part 2 ( 4 ) is used to feed the supercritical steam generator with feedwater which can be further pressurized ( 7 ) and preheated ( 5 ) before entering the supercritical steam generator ( 3 ).
  • FIG. 1 shows a process configuration in which the saturated high pressure steam ( 19 ) coming from a steam boiler in the synthesis section ( 20 ) is combined with the steam ( 18 ) generated in the back pressure turbine ( 17 ) and the joint flow is conveyed to a common superheater ( 21 ).
  • the process can also be configured in a way that only one of the streams ( 18 ) and ( 19 ) is superheated in a reformer convection coil while the other one is superheated in a fired heater coil and both streams are then combined after being superheated individually.
  • FIG. 2 shows a variation of this process where the saturated high pressure steam ( 19 ) coming from a steam boiler in the synthesis section ( 20 ) is heated in the superheater ( 21 ) and fed into the extraction and condensing turbine ( 23 ).
  • the supercritical steam ( 16 ) is fed into the back pressure turbine ( 17 ) where it is expanded.
  • the steam outlet of the back pressure turbine ( 27 ) and the extraction steam ( 28 ) of the extraction and condensing turbine are combined ( 29 ) for further application.
  • FIG. 3 shows an additional variation of the processes described in FIGS. 1 and 2 .
  • the process described in FIG. 3 is equal to the one outlined in FIG. 2 up to the point where it comes to the combination of the resulting streams out from the back pressure turbine ( 27 ) and from the extraction and condensing turbine ( 28 ).
  • these two streams ( 27 , 28 ) remain separately.
  • Disconnecting the back pressure level ( 27 ) from the regular medium pressure steam level ( 29 ) allows a different operating pressure of the reforming or partial oxidation stage ( 1 ), e.g. for high pressure steam reforming or high pressure autothermal reforming.
  • the high efficiency of the extraction and condensing turbine ( 23 ) and other turbines operating on the medium pressure steam level ( 29 ) is retained despite the higher process steam pressure.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 represent plant concepts which are designated for maximum power generation.
  • the plants are not balanced with respect to their own power demands, i.e. will have considerable steam export. This is not always desirable as there are many locations, where no suitable consumers are to be found in the vicinity. In such cases a balanced plant is the preferred option.
  • Such a scheme is provided by the variation of the invention shown in FIG. 4 .
  • the generated synthesis gas ( 2 ) is again conveyed to a supercritical steam generator ( 3 ).
  • the supercritical feedwater flow ( 4 ) is coming directly from the supercritical feedwater pump ( 7 ).
  • the supercritical steam ( 31 ) generated in ( 3 ) is now conveyed to an additional superheater ( 32 ) in the synthesis gas line ( 33 ), where part of the superheating is conducted.
  • the exit stream ( 13 ) then enters the usual superheater ( 14 ) for final conditioning.
  • the synthesis gas ( 33 ) leaving the supercritical steam generator 1 ( 3 ) is passed on to the superheater ( 32 ).
  • the high temperature CO-shift converter ( 10 ) can be positioned in line ( 33 ). The conversion step in this location significantly lowers the CO-content of the synthesis gas, thus reducing its metal dusting aggressiveness accordingly.
  • FIG. 1 A1 Embodiment of the invention according to FIG. 1
  • the comparison is based on a combined power output of 60 MW for all turbines. This figure is in the order of todays world scale ammonia and methanol plants. Also, a steam flowrate of 120 t/h at 45 bar and 430° C. as process steam for the reforming stage is assumed. Turbine efficiencies of 80% have been used in the calculations.
  • Table 1 shows further process data used in this comparison as well as the results.
  • the table illustrates the marked difference in heat input required between the conventional steam system and the proposed new process variation utilizing the supercritical steam system.
  • the table also lists the resulting differences in annual operating costs based on an energy price of 4 GJ.

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