Effect of different volumetric flowrates using safety analysis for Power to Methanol production plant: article

The increasing atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, co₂ nowadays are very concerning every human being as the concentration of carbon dioxide in the largely produced from the fossil fuel and industrial process, [1][1]. As the co₂ concentration increase in the air, the temperature of the Earth also increasing and the worsen effect are the Global warming and Climate changes [2]. So, the Power to Methanol, [3] has been introduced, [4] which is by using carbon capture process. The plant is simulated by Aspen Hysis and analyzed the safety analysis by using different flowrates that involved in the process. Then, it is analyze that the as the concentration of co₂ increasing, the toxicity of the area surrounding also increasing. As the process also involving hydrogen gas, also will attempt to cause fire and explosion. In this article, we will study the safety of the plant in order to establishing absolute safe chemical plant. Based on this research, plant1 states the highest percentage of fatalities when the explosion occur, while for the fire and toxicity, there is no fatalities at all for all the plants that have been simulated. In conclusion, higher flowrates of carbon dioxide and hydrogen has will cause more risk for the methanol production plant.