The collaboration between PRTC and Lorch Petrochemical Industries led
to the successful design, modeling, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
analysis of catalyst tubes, as well as a full stress analysis of the reformer
assembly and the entire process gas network of the methanol unit.
PRTC engineers, together with energy, mechanical, and modeling
specialists from Lorch, completed the project using fully indigenous expertise
and resources. The report said that Lorch’s confidence in domestic specialists
and coordinated teamwork between both companies were key factors in achieving
this technological success.
The Lorch Petrochemical Project, located in the Parsian
Energy-Intensive Industrial Zone in southern Iran, is currently under
construction. Once operational, it is expected to produce methanol and
downstream derivatives, completing the product chain and contributing to Iran’s
value-added petrochemical output.