The invention discloses a method for producing synthetic
natural gas, which belongs to the technical field of
coal chemistry and
new energy. The method for producing the synthetic
natural gas comprises: dividing
raw material gases from a general gas source into low-carbon synthetic gases with a
hydrogen to carbon ratio, namely a (H2-CO2) to (H2+CO2) ratio, being 4.5 to 15.0 and high-carbon synthetic gases with a
hydrogen to carbon ratio being 0 to 2.0; according to a
reaction temperature requirement, mixing the low-carbon synthetic gases with steam at certain flow, allowing the mixed gases to enter a primary thermal-insulation reactor to undergo a
methanation reaction, subjecting the gases from the primary thermal-insulation reactor to heat exchange, mixing the gases with the high-carbon synthetic gases at a certain flow, and allowing the newly mixed gases into a secondary thermal-insulation reactor to undergo a
methanation reaction; repeating the previous process for several times; and finally, obtaining the synthetic
natural gas by processes of heat exchange, cooling,
drying, compression and the like. The method has the characteristics that: (1) circulating equipment is not used; (2) all reactions are performed in thermal-insulation reactors,
multiple stages of reactors are connected in series, and the reaction
space velocity is high; and (3) the
hydrogen to carbon ratio of the whole
reaction system can be regulated easily, and the
methane content in the
product gas may reach over 95 percent.