Toyo's DME Process Toyo's DME Process

Field of Activities - 2TEC DMETotal Solution Provider : EPC Solution BusinessINDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS• Pharmaceuticals• Food & Beverage• Fine Chemicals• Electronics & Semiconductor• Overseas Expansion Support© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 5Field of Activities - 3TEC DMETotal Solution Provider : e-Solution BusinessINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning WMS: Warehouse Management System SCM: Supply Chain Management MES: Manufacturing Execution System CRM: Customer Relationship Management© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 6

Why DME ?In Japan,TEC DME© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 9Why DME ? TEC DME© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 10

Why DME ?TEC DME© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 11Why DME ?TEC DMEWhy do you need DME ?© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 12

Direct Synthesis Route (Typical)TEC DMECO 2Recycle gasPurge gasDMEH2/CO=1NGREFDMESYNCO 2REMOVALOxygenAirASUMeOHWaterN 2© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 15Feature of Direct Synthesis (Typical)TEC DME• Syn Gas Requirement H 2/CO=1==> Large O2 consumption• CO 2Removal (and Recycle)• High heat generation in DME synthesis reaction‣ No Commercial Experience‣ JFE Pilot Plant in Japan (100 t/d)© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 16

Methanol Dehydration RouteTEC DMEReaction:kJ/molMeOH -1 CO + 2 H 2= CH 3OH (90.3)MeOH -2 CO 2+ 3 H 2= CH 3OH + H 2O (49.4)--------------------------------------------------------------------------MeOH De-H 2O 2CH 3OH = CH 3OCH 3+ H 2O (23.4)© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 17TEC DMEDME Production by Methanol DehydrationCombination of Methanol and DME SynthesisRecycle gasPurge gasMeOHDMENGREFMeOHSYNDMESYNWaterMethanol PlantDME Synthesis Plant© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 18

Features of Methanol DehydrationTEC DME• Combination with well-proven MeOH technology• No Oxygen required ( ≤ 3,500 t/d)• No CO 2produced in DME Synthesis• Any Ratio (0~100%) between MeOH and DME© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 19Features of Methanol DehydrationTEC DME(continued)•Commercially proven Scheme and DME catalystLutianhua DME Plant in China started in 2003•Simple Scheme for DME Synthesis‣ Less Total Investment Cost‣ Easy to Scale-up with Proven Technologies ofLarge Scale MeOH© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 20

TEC DMEBackground of TOYO’s s DME TechnologyFeedback of DME existing plant know-how• 3,000 t/y for chemical with ten years operation• 10,000 t/y at Lutianhua in China (started in 2003)Own Technologies applied• High active steam reforming catalyst (ISOP)• Steam reforming technology (42 units)• Methanol converterMRF-Z ® )Scale-up technology applied based on TOYO’sJumbo Methanol Plant• Development of a Jumbo DME Plant© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 23TOYO’s s ISOP Catalyst(ISOP : Innovative Steam reforming Optimized Process)TEC DMEServiceActivitySteam reforming(steam reformer, adiabatic reformer,reformer exchanger)4 times higher than conventional catalystAdvantage tube skin temperature decreasedtube number decreasedExperience more than 4 years in commercial plantSupplierSüd Chemie Group G90-ISOP© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 24

TOYO’s s Steam ReformerTEC DME Down-Firing Box TypeNaphtha Steam Reformer for90 MMSCFD Hydrogen Plant,Ssangyong Oil Refining Co., Ltd.,Korea (1995)Largest Capacity inHydrogen Plant based onNaphtha FeedstockTOYO’s experiences :Total 42 units© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 25TOYO’s s MRF-Z ® Methanol ReactorTEC DMEMRF-Z ® : Multi-stage indirect cooling Radial Flow & its temp. profile Z• A single train for 6,000 t/d Methanol• M.P steam generation by reaction heat recovery• Small catalyst volume due to optimization oftemperature profile in the reactor• Small pressure drop of the reactor due to radial flowcatalystMRF-Z ® estimated size(Corresponding to DME 3,500 t/d)I.D.:T-T :5,100 mm18,440 mmNo. of Shell : Only One© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 26

MethanolTEC DMETypical Flow Scheme of DME SynthesisFuel GasDME ReactorCWCWSTMProductDME TankSTMSTMSTMCWMethanol requirement for DME productionapprox. 1.4 ton-MeOH / ton-DMECWWater© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 27TEC DMETOYO’s s Jumbo DME Plant from Natural GasCombination of Methanol and DME SynthesisRecycle gasPurge gasMeOHDMENGREFMeOHSYNDMESYNWaterMethanol PlantDME Synthesis Plant© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 28

Features of Jumbo DME ProcessTEC DMEMethanol Dehydration Route• Scheme and DME catalyst commercially provenLutianhua DME Plant in China started in 2003• Any ratio (0~100%) of methanol and DME can beproduced• DME synthesis is very simple and investment costis less• Minimum train concept can be applied• Oxygen(O 2 ) is not required (for ≤ 3,500 t/d)• Less total investment cost• CO 2 is not produced in DME synthesis© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 29TEC DMESyn. Gas Preparation & Methanol SynthesisFor DME 3,500 t/d(MeOH 5,000 t/d)STKSTEAMREFOMERBFWMRF-ZSTMIDFSSHAIRFDFDSCWCWSYNSYNLOOPNGSTMADIABATICREFORMERHEATRECCOMPCRUDEMeOHNo oxygen required with TOYO’s ISOP Catalyst© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 30

DME Synthesis & DistillationTEC DMEFuel gasFuel GasDME ReactorDMEColumnMethanolColumnChillingUnitDMETankWaterCrudeMethanol© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 31TEC DMEPerformance of Jumbo DME Plant (typical)Capacity : 3,500 t/d including Utility & OffsiteNatural Gas : 163 mmSCFD(182,000Nm 3 /h)Raw WaterRequired AreaProcess & UtilityStorage DME: 8 m 3 /t-DME (1,150 m 3 /h)approx. 15 ha: 400 m x 250 m: 300 m x 120 m© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 32

TEC DMESyn. Gas Preparation & Methanol SynthesisFor DME 7,000 t/d(MeOH 10,000 t/d)MRF-Z ®O 2SteamReformerO2ReformerSTMIDFAIRDE-SCWSYN. GASCOMPRESSORCWTRAIN “A”SYN LOOPNGH-RECSTMAdiabatic ReformerTRAIN “B”SYN LOOPCRUDEMeOH© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 33TEC DMEPerformance of TOYO’s s Jumbo DME Plant (typical)Capacity : 7,000 t/d including Utility & OffsiteNatural Gas : 305 MMSCFDR.W: 6.2 m 3 /t-DME (1,800 m 3 /H)Required Area ( Total ~ 20 ha )Process & UtilityStorage DME: 505 m x 310 m: 360 m x 140 m© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 34

SummaryTEC DME• DME Production Processes- Direct Synthesis Route- Methanol Dehydration Route (TOYO)• TOYO’s DME Process Background- Own technologies applied- Already commercialized in China• A Jumbo DME Plant- Technically feasible based on commerciallyproven technologies- Total investment cost is less© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 35TEC DMEThank you very muchfor your attention !URL : http:/www.toyo-eng.co.jp© 2005 TOYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION 36