Simulation of the Reforming Unit with Aspen Plus

Introduction

The goal of this project is to simulate a reforming unit using the reaction of natural gas with carbon dioxide to produce dimethyl ether (DME). The reactions take place in an autothermal reactor. The reaction kinetics are as follows:

This simulation was done with Aspen Plus software based on the following article.

Plant-wide modeling and analysis of the shale gas to dimethyl ether (DME) process via direct and indirect synthesis routes

This project has an educational video.