The invention relates to a method for producing synthetic
natural gas SNG from
coal and a
processing installation thereof. The method includes the following steps that:
coal is gasified and goes through
sulfur-tolerant shift, the proportion between CO, CO2 and H2 in the gas is regulated, organic
sulfur is converted into inorganic
sulfur, the gas is then purified to remove the sulfur and part of the CO2 in the gas, and after the components of the gas meet the following formula: the ratio of(H2-3CO)to CO2 is about 4, the gas is sent into a
methanation reactor, so that the H2, the CO and the CO2are methanated to synthesize the SNG (synthetic
natural gas). The installation consists of a
coal gasification process, a sulfur-tolerant shift process, a purification process and a
methanation process, in particular, the
methanation reactor in the methanation process adopts a water-cooled tube array structure, which can quickly take away reaction heat, so that the overheat of catalyst can be prevented, the high-pressure steam in the removed heat by-product serves as power for equipment such as a compressor and a pump, consequently, the reaction heat is rationally utilized, and the produced synthetic
natural gas can be directly used as fuel for urban residents or further processed into SNG and LNG. Compared with the prior reactor methanation process, the method has the advantages of shortprocess, investment saving and
high heat energy
utilization rate.