Advances in Synthesis Gas: Methods, Technologies and Applications Advances in Synthesis Gas: Methods, Technologies and Applications Volume 3: Syngas Products and Usages Edited by Mohammad Reza Rahimpour Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Mohammad Amin Makarem Methanol Institute, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Maryam Meshksar Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Contributors Mitra Abbaspour Department of ChemicalEngineering, Shiraz University,Shiraz, Iran AmrAbdalla DepartmentofChemicalandPetroleumEngineering,UniversityofCalgary,Calgary, AB, Canada WaqarAhmad Department of Chemicaland Biological Engineering, Monash University,Clayton, VIC, Australia Chayene Gonc¸alvesAnchieta PaulScherrer Institut,Villigen, Switzerland PrakashAryal Department ofChemicaland Biological Engineering, Monash University,Clayton, VIC, Australia NooshinAsadi Department ofChemical andBiological Engineering, MonashUniversity, Clayton, VIC, Australia Koroosh Asghari Department ofChemical andPetroleum Engineering, Universityof Calgary, Calgary,AB, Canada Elisabete Moreira Assaf Universityof Sa˜oPaulo, Sa˜o Carlos Institute ofChemistry, Sa˜oCarlos, Sa˜o Paulo,Brazil Jos(cid:1)eMansurAssaf FederalUniversityofSa˜oCarlos,ChemicalEngineeringDepartment,Sa˜oCarlos, Sa˜o Paulo,Brazil Manuel Bailera Department of Mechanical Engineering,Universidad de Zaragoza, CampusR´ıo Ebro,Bldg. Betancourt,Zaragoza, Spain;Graduate SchoolofCreative Science andEngineering, WasedaUniversity, Tokyo, Japan Carlos Gilberto TemoltzinCaballero Monterrey Institute ofTechnologyand Higher Education, Puebla, Mexico Joa˜o SousaCardoso Polytechnic Instituteof Portalegre, Portalegre;Instituto Superior T(cid:1)ecnico, University ofLisbon,Lisbon, Portugal Jos(cid:1)e Antonio MayoralChavando Polytechnic Institute ofPortalegre, Portalegre, Portugal SilviodeOliveiraJunior DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering,PolytechnicSchoolofUniversity of Sa˜o Paulo, Sa˜o Paulo, Brazil MeireEllenGoreteRibeiroDomingos DepartmentofChemicalEngineering,PolytechnicSchoolof University ofSa˜o Paulo,Sa˜o Paulo,Brazil Mois(cid:1)esTelesdosSantos DepartmentofChemicalEngineering,PolytechnicSchoolofUniversityof Sa˜o Paulo,Sa˜oPaulo, Brazil SwaritDwivedi DepartmentofChemicalandBiologicalEngineering,MonashUniversity,Clayton, VIC, Australia Daniela Eus(cid:1)ebio Polytechnic Instituteof Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal AzharuddinFarooqui DepartmentofChemicalandPetroleumEngineering,UniversityofCalgary, Calgary,AB, Canada xiii Contributors CarlaFerna´ndez-Blanco Chemical Engineering Laboratory, Faculty ofSciences and Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (CICA),Universityof La Corun˜a,La Corun˜a, Spain DanielA.Flo´rez-Orrego DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering,PolytechnicSchoolofUniversity ofSa˜oPaulo,Sa˜oPaulo,Brazil;FacultyofMinas,NationalUniversityofColombia,SchoolofProcesses (cid:1) and Energy, Medellin, Colombia; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique F(cid:1)ed(cid:1)erale de Lausanne,Switzerland Foroogh MohseniGhaleh Ghazi Department of ChemicalEngineering, Shiraz University,Shiraz, Iran AshwinHatwar DepartmentofChemicalandBiologicalEngineering,MonashUniversity,Clayton, VIC, Australia Fatemeh Khodaparast Kazeroonian Department ofChemicalEngineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran ChristianKennes ChemicalEngineeringLaboratory,FacultyofSciencesandCentre forAdvanced Scientific Research (CICA),Universityof La Corun˜a,La Corun˜a, Spain David M.Kennes-Veiga CRETUS,Department of ChemicalEngineering, Universityof Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain HadisehKhosravani Department ofChemical Engineering,Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran AnandaValleziPaladinoLino FederalUniversityofSa˜oCarlos,ChemicalEngineeringDepartment, Sa˜oCarlos,Sa˜o Paulo, Brazil PilarLisbona DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering,UniversidaddeZaragoza,CampusR´ıoEbro, Bldg. Betancourt, Zaragoza, Spain Nader Mahinpey Department ofChemical andPetroleum Engineering, Universityof Calgary, Calgary, AB,Canada Mohammad Amin Makarem Methanol Institute,ShirazUniversity,Shiraz, Iran Tayebeh Marzoughi Department ofChemicalEngineering, Shiraz University,Shiraz, Iran Maryam Meshksar Department ofChemical Engineering; Methanol Institute,Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Rafael Nogueira Nakashima Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic Schoolof University ofSa˜o Paulo,Sa˜oPaulo, Brazil VirginiaP(cid:1)erez CentrefortheDevelopmentofRenewableEnergy-CentreforEnergy,Environment and TechnologyResearch (CEDER-CIEMAT),Soria,Spain ElhamRahimpour Shiraz University ofMedical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran HamidReza Rahimpour Department ofChemical Engineering, ShirazUniversity,Shiraz, Iran MohammadRezaRahimpour DepartmentofChemicalEngineering,ShirazUniversity,Shiraz,Iran Tayebe Roostaie Department of ChemicalEngineering; Methanol Institute, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran SoniaSepahi Department ofChemicalEngineering, Shiraz University,Shiraz, Iran MohammadJavadShahbazi DepartmentofChemicalEngineering,ShirazUniversity,Shiraz,Iran Nazanin AbrishamiShirazi GraduateFacultyofEnvironment, UniversityofTehran, Tehran,Iran Valter Silva Polytechnic Institute ofPortalegre, Portalegre; Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies(CESAM), Department ofEnvironment and Planning, Universityof Aveiro,Aveiro, Portugal xiv Contributors AnahitaSoleimani DepartmentofNano-ChemicalEngineering,FacultyofAdvancedTechnologies, ShirazUniversity, Shiraz, Iran AkshatTanksale DepartmentofChemicalandBiologicalEngineering,MonashUniversity,Clayton, VIC, Australia Lu´ıs A.C. 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ISBN:978-0-323-91878-7 ForinformationonallElsevierpublications visitourwebsiteathttps://www.elsevier.com/books-and-journals Publisher:SusanDennis AcquisitionsEditor:AnitaKoch EditorialProjectManager:ZsereenaRoseMampusti ProductionProjectManager:SruthiSatheesh CoverDesigner:MarkRogers TypesetbySTRAIVE,India Preface Vol. 3: Syngas products and usages Synthesisgas(syngas)anditsproductssuchashydrogenareindispensableinchemical,oil,and energyindustries.Theyareimportantbuildingblocksandserveasfeedstockfortheproduction ofmanychemicalcompoundssuchasammoniaandmethanol.Hydrogenisexpectedtobecome acommonenergycarriernolaterthanthemiddleofthe21stcenturysinceitoffersconsiderable energydensityandreleasesnegligiblepollutants.Itisalsoutilizedinpetroleumrefineriesfor producingcleantransportationfuels,anditsconsumptionisexpectedtoincreasedramatically inthenearfutureasrefineriesneedtointensifyproductioncapacities.Manypublicationshave hitherto focused on syngas productionand purificationmethods, as well as its applications in industrialproductionunits.Despitethefactthatextendedstudieshavebeenundertaken,thereis stillroomforimprovement.Thefourvolumesofthisbookseriesexplaintheconventionaland state-of-the-art technologies for the production, purification, and conversion of syngas meticulously. The development of different technologies for transforming syngas or the major ingredients intovalue-addedproductssuchashydrogen,ammonia,ethanol,andmethanolhasattractedthe attention of researchers in both academic and industrial communities. Thanks to their undeniablesignificance,manystudieshavebeenhithertodevotedtothedevelopmentofthese processesandthereisawealthofinformationontheconventionaltechnologies,whichshould be collected in a comprehensive contribution. However, the progress that is being made at a breakneck pace should not be overlooked. For this goal to be achieved, this engaging text touchesonthedetailsofdifferentproductsofsyngas,aswellastheiroperatingconditionsand challenges,andwouldthusserveasaconnectionbetweenthescientistsinresearchlaboratories and the operators in industrial plants. To do so, the book is divided into three sections of chemical and energy productions from syngaswithrelatedchallenges.Thefirstsectionincludesapplicationsandutilizationofsyngas for producing a vast variety of chemical materials such as hydrogen, methanol, ethanol, methane, ammonia, acetic acid, fuel gas, and biofuel, while the second addresses power generation in fuel cells either solely or power and heat generation in tandem, as well as iron reduction in detail. In the third section, the environmental challenges of syngas and its future prospects and industrial outlook are presented. xix Preface The editors feel obliged to sincerely appreciate the authors of the chapters for their contributions,hardwork,andgreatassistanceinthisproject.Furthermore,theauthors,aswell as the editors, are grateful to all the Elsevier staff for their invaluable and irreplaceable step-by-step assistance in preparing this book. Mohammad Reza Rahimpour Mohammad Amin Makarem Maryam Meshksar xx