Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications. Volume 7: Natural Gas Products and Uses
Front Cover -- ADVANCES IN NATURAL GAS: FORMATION, PROCESSING, AND APPLICATIONS -- ADVANCES IN NATURAL GAS: FORMATION, PROCESSING, AND APPLICATIONS Natural Gas Products and Uses -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- About the editors -- Preface -- Reviewer acknowledgments -- I - Natural gas conversionand applications -- 1 - Introduction to high-value chemicals and energy production from natural gas -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Products from natural gas -- 2. Natural gas processing -- 3. Products from natural gas -- 3.1 Ammonia from natural gas -- 3.2 Acetic acid from methane -- 3.3 Methanol from natural gas -- 3.4 Propane from natural gas -- 3.5 Hydrogen from natural gas -- 4. Energy production from natural gas -- 5. Conclusion and future outlooks -- Abbreviations and symbols -- References -- 2 - Economic assessments and cost analysis of natural gas utilization as an energy production source -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Economic assessment principles and procedures -- 2.1 Capital cost and its elements -- 2.2 Operational cost and its elements -- 2.3 Analyses technique for economic feasibility -- 3. Cost analysis of natural gas utilization cases -- 4. Conclusion and future outlooks -- Abbreviations and symbols -- References -- 3 - Case studies on the natural gas conversion units -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Principles and procedures of natural gas conversion processes -- 2.1 Thermochemical-based conversion process -- 2.1.1 Process system engineering perspective of the thermochemical conversion of the natural gas -- 2.2 Methanol synthesis conventional process -- 2.3 Natural gas oxidation to olefins and gasoline -- 2.4 Fischer-Tropsch process -- 2.5 Natural gas conversion to olefins and gasoline using methanol -- 3. The biochemical-based conversion process -- 3.1 Methanotroph bacteria-based natural gas oxidation.