Distillation of a mixture containing CO2, CH4 and H2—Part 2

P. Scott Northrop is a gas treating advisor in the facilities function of ExxonMobil’s Upstream Research Co. in Houston, Texas. He received his BS degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and an MS degree and PhD from the California Institute of Technology, all in chemical engineering. Dr. Northrop has 28 years of experience in the industry, and is the author/coauthor of a number of patents, presentations and articles on a variety of related subjects. He sits on Technical Section F of the Gas Processors Association (GPA), and on the board of directors of Alberta Sulfur Research Ltd. in Canada.

Venkat Pattabathula is the Principal Consultant at SVP Chemical Plant Services. Prior to this position, he was the global ammonia technology manager for Incitec Pivot Ltd., where he supported manufacturing facilities in Australia and North America. His specialties include process design, project development, commissioning, plant operation, process safety management and manufacturing excellence programs. Mr. Pattabathula has been a member of AIChE since 1989, and has been an elected member of the Ammonia Safety Committee of AIChE since 2005. He is a chartered professional engineer of Engineers Australia and a registered professional engineer of Queensland. Mr. Pattabathula earned an MTech degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

PETER BROADHURST qualified in chemistry from the Universities of Bristol (BSc) and Cambridge (PhD) and then worked in the chemical industry for more than 30 yr with Union Carbide Corp., Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) and Johnson Matthey (JM). Dr. Broadhurst gained significant experience in catalysis and syngas processes, combining these two areas for 20 yr in his time with ICI/JM. Since 2016, he has worked as an independent consultant for various organizations, remaining focused substantially on industrial catalysis and/or syngas processes.

BARUCHI B. KIMCHI is the inventor of the cryogenic distillation-based syngas process described in the paper, and the founder of Green Gas Process Technologies. His professional experience includes more than 6 yr as a patent examiner with ILPO, drafting written opinions (WOSA) for PCT applications in the field of physics, and 8 yr of R&D experience in the fields of polymers, biomass to ethanol, formulations and the proposed process as well as business development. He holds an M.Sc degree in chemistry from BIU, a B.Sc degree in chemical engineering from Technion, and a B.Sc degree in biophysics from BIU. Kimchi’s military service was with a classified unit of Air Force intelligence. For more information, contact info@thermodynamico.com. The author can be reached at kimchib@012.net.il.