Some researchers have been focusing on the tri-reforming
process as a method of flue gas treatment and CO2 emission
control; however, their attentions were limited to the syngas
production without considering the impacts of the methanol
synthesis, or other syngas conversion technologies, such as
FischereTropsch [11e14]. Thus, process simulation is
required to test the effectiveness and profitability of this
technology. Although the tri-reforming process uses methane
as a co-reactant, current exploration technologies of natural
gas make methane an affordable hydrogen-donor molecule.