PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF METHANOL

摘要

A process for the production of methanol is disclosed wherein the gaseous reactants of CO, H2 and optimally CO2 are reacted in a distillation column reactor in the presence of an inert C7-C12 component, which is boiling at the reaction temperature within the catalyst bed. The inert component is taken overhead along with the methanol and separated therefrom for reflux of the inert component back to the reactor.