A STUDY ON THE DIFFERENT REFORMING TECHNIQUES IN GAS TO LIQUID TECHNOLOGY.

Gas-to-liquid (GTL) is the chemical conversion of natural gas into high-quality liquid products. The most important reforming technologies used are autothermal reforming (ATR), Partial oxidation (POX), and Steam methane reforming (SMR). A process flowsheet based on each reforming technique is designed with parameters and operating conditions obtained from the industry field data and simulated with ASPEN plus V8.6. A comparative analysis is mainly developed for assessing the different reforming technologies based on syngas ratio (H2/CO) that is a favorable value of 2, and the results are documented and provide that ATR and POX techniques have a value equal or close to 2, then an additional comparison between ATR and POX based on Amount of Syngas, amount of heat saving and greenhouse gas emissions. POX is the most influential technique that has a large amount of syngas and heat saving and low CO2 content and should be expanded use in industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]