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Taiwan Society of Chemical Engineering

112th Annual (2023-2024) Chemical Engineering Programming
Competition Topics

Topic: Design a hydrogen production process with an annual output of

10,000 Nm3/h
instruction︰
Hydrogen energy is listed as one of Taiwan’s 2050 net-zero emission paths. Based on current
technologies, the cost of green hydrogen is still too high, and green electricity is insufficient;
blue hydrogen using natural gas or methanol as raw materials is a feasible method.

1. Hydrogen quality requirements, as shown in Table 1

Table 1: Specification requirements for hydrogen products

2. Manufacturing method
design"blue hydrogen』Process, using natural gas or methanol as raw material, adding
steam, recombining (Steam Reforming) in the reactor to produce hydrogen/CO2, after
separating CO2, using H2-PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) to separate and refine
hydrogen; by-product carbon dioxide It must be captured and liquefied to produce industrial
grade CO2. H2-PSA exhaust gas still contains high concentrations of H2 and CO2 and can
be recycled, but optimal design must be pursued.
Reminder design considerations:
i) The method of capturing CO2 should consider the prevention of trace pollution.
ii) Exhaust gas and wastewater discharge must be better than complying with Taiwan's
legal requirements; the concentration of chemical substances contained in the
exhaust gas must be below the olfactory threshold.

3. The prices of raw materials and public fluids are as shown in Table 2
Table 2: Unit prices of raw materials and public fluids
Methanol (purity 99.9% by wt.) 350 USD/MT
natural gas (Pressure 20 kg/cm2G, temperature: normal NT$20/Nm3
temperature)
CO2 industrial grade (Purity above 99.5%, detailed in NT$3/kg
Table 5)
CO2 electronic grade (Purity 99.9999% or above, NT$30/kg
detailed list 5)
hydrogen 99.99% NT$100/kg
saturated steam Steam (pressure 20 kg/cm2G) TWD 1700/metric ton
electricity NT$4.5/kWh
pure water NT$25/metric ton
cooling water (Supply 33oC, return water must not 0.1 TWD/kkcal
exceed 43oC)
ice water (supply 5oC, return water must not exceed 0.32 TWD/kkcal
10oC)
brine (Supply -25 oC, return flow must not exceed -20oC) 3.5 NTD/kkcal
wastewater treatment TWD 15/metric ton
Table three:Methanol specification requirements for methanol hydrogen production method

Table four:CNPC imported natural gas specifications

Table five:Quality requirements for by-product CO2