Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications. Volume 7: Natural Gas Products and Uses

1st Edition - April 17, 2024
Editors: Mohammad Reza Rahimpour, Mohammad Amin Makarem, Maryam Meshksar
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 2 7 - 2
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Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications is a comprehensive eight-volume set of books that discusses in detail the theoretical basics and practical methods of various aspects of natural gas from exploration and extraction, to synthesizing, processing and purifying, producing valuable chemicals and energy. The volumes introduce transportation and storage challenges as well as hydrates formation, extraction, and prevention.

Volume 7 titled Natural Gas Products and Uses comprehensively discusses natural gas conversion and applications for producing high-value chemicals and energy which are accompanied with related economic analysis. The book covers various methods for producing valuable materials such as synthesis and fuel gases, alkanes, aromatics, sulphurs, etc. and introduces power and electricity generation as well as heat production from natural gas and their applications on future energy systems.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
About the editors
Preface
Reviewer acknowledgments
Section I. Natural gas conversion and applications
1. Introduction to high-value chemicals and energy production from natural gas
1. Introduction
2. Natural gas processing
3. Products from natural gas
4. Energy production from natural gas
5. Conclusion and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
2. Economic assessments and cost analysis of natural gas utilization as an energy production source
1. Introduction
2. Economic assessment principles and procedures
3. Cost analysis of natural gas utilization cases
4. Conclusion and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
3. Case studies on the natural gas conversion units
1. Introduction
2. Principles and procedures of natural gas conversion processes
3. The biochemical-based conversion process
4. Challenges associated with natural gas conversion technology
5. Conclusion and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
4. Natural gas conversion using plasma technology
1. Introduction
2. Principles of plasma-assisted methane conversion
3. Different NTP reactors for methane conversion
4. Plasma-assisted natural conversion: Applications and cases
5. Conclusion and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
Section II. Natural gas to products
5. Syngas production from natural gas by reforming process: Dry, steam, partial oxidation, tri, and autothermal
1. Introduction
2. Natural gas reforming
3. Comparison between the various methane reforming methods
4. Reforming catalysts
5. Conclusion and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
6. Fuel gas production from natural gas
1. Introduction
2. Principles of natural gas
3. Natural gas transformation to fuel gas
4. Current applications and cases
5. Conclusion and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
7. Direct conversion of natural gas to methanol
1. Introduction
2. Methanol synthesis from methane
3. Critical process factors for the direct methanol synthesis from methane
4. Current applications and cases
5. Conclusion and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
8. Ethane extraction from natural gas
1. Introduction
2. Natural gas composition and processing
3. The necessity of ethane extraction
4. Extraction of ethane from NG
5. Case study
6. Conclusion and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
9. Propane and heavier hydrocarbons production from natural gas
1. Introduction
2. Natural gas composition
3. Basic concepts of producing heavy hydrocarbons from the processing of natural gas
4. Relation between HGL, NGL, and LPG?
5. Catalytic conversion of methane into higher hydrocarbons
6. Conclusions and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
10. Conversion of methane to aromatics
1. Introduction
2. Principles and procedures of methane conversion to aromatics
3. Aromatics processing
4. Current application and cases
5. Conclusion and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
11. Sulfur recovery from natural gas
1. Introduction
2. Properties of sulfur
3. Claus sulfur recovery process
4. Claus tail gas cleanup
5. Process description
6. Emissions
7. Process principles
8. Conclusion and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
12. CS2 production from methane reforming with H2S
1. Introduction
2. Principals and procedures of CS2 production
3. H2SMR technology readiness
4. Conclusion and future outlooks
Abbreviation and symbols
13. Bio-natural gas conversion to products
1. Introduction
2. Biogas production
3. Biogas production and composition
4. Biogas cleaning
5. Biogas reforming reactions to generate H2
6. Catalytic bio-natural conversion in MRs
7. Conclusion and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
14. Natural gas conversion to value-added hydrocarbons via halomethanes
1. Introduction
2. Literature review
3. Methane halogenation
4. Methyl halide condensation
5. Reforming of polyhalomethanes
6. Multistep conversion processes
7. Conclusions and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
Section III. Energy production from natural gas and other applications
15. Power and electricity generation from natural gas
1. Introduction
2. Natural gas
3. Environmental considerations
4. Various technologies of electricity generation from NG
5. Conclusion and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
16. Heat production from natural gas
1. Introduction
2. Natural gas applications and properties
3. Heat production from natural gas
4. Current applications and cases
5. Conclusions and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
17. Cogeneration and trigeneration applications of natural gas
1. Introduction
2. Natural gas composition
3. Generalized schemes for natural gas–fueled cogeneration/trigeneration
4. Application of LNG re-gasification unit in cogeneration
5. Some recently reported cases
6. Conclusion and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
18. Modern nanomaterials for future and efficient ANG systems in automotive applications
1. Introduction
2. Carbon-based materials for ANG applications
3. Noncarbonaceous materials for ANG applications
4. ANG materials' requirements for onboard applications
5. Conclusions and future outlooks
Abbreviations and symbols
Index

Mohammad Reza Rahimpour

Prof. Mohammad Reza Rahimpour is a professor in Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University, Iran. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Shiraz University joint with University of Sydney, Australia 1988. He started his independent career as Assistant Professor in September 1998 at Shiraz University. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour, was a Research Associate at University of California, Davis from 2012 till 2017. During his stay in University of California, he developed different reaction networks and catalytic processes such as thermal and plasma reactors for upgrading of lignin bio-oil to biofuel with collaboration of UCDAVIS. He has been a Chair of Department of Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University from 2005 till 2009 and from 2015 till 2020. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour leads a research group in fuel processing technology focused on the catalytic conversion of fossil fuels such as natural gas, and renewable fuels such as bio-oils derived from lignin to valuable energy sources. He provides young distinguished scholars with perfect educational opportunities in both experimental methods and theoretical tools in developing countries to investigate in-depth research in the various field of chemical engineering including carbon capture, chemical looping, membrane separation, storage and utilization technologies, novel technologies for natural gas conversion and improving the energy efficiency in the production and use of natural gas industries.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Mohammad Amin Makarem

Dr. Mohammad Amin Makarem is a research associate at Shiraz University. His research interests are gas separation and purification, nanofluids, microfluidics, catalyst synthesis, reactor design and green energy. In gas separation, his focus is on experimental and theoretical investigation and optimization of pressure swing adsorption process, and in the gas purification field, he is working on novel technologies such as microchannels. Recently, he has investigated methods of synthesizing bio-template nanomaterials and catalysts. Besides, he has collaborated in writing and editing various books and book-chapters for famous publishers such as Elsevier, Springer and Wiley, as well as guest editing journals special issues.

Affiliations and expertise

Research Associate, Methanol Institute, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Maryam Meshksar

Maryam Meshksar is a research associate at Shiraz University. Her research has focused on gas separation, clean energy, and catalyst synthesis. In gas separation, she is working on membrane separation process, and in the clean energy field, she has worked on different reforming-based processes for syngas production from methane experimentally. She has also synthesized novel catalysts for these processes which are tested in for the first time. Besides, she has reviewed novel technologies like microchannels for energy production. Recently, she has written various book-chapters for famous publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley.

Affiliations and expertise

Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran