We're well into the semester now and I'm enjoying uni heaps. We handed the methane to methanol project in yesterday, it ended up being a huge project so it's good to have it out of the way. We had to write all about different methods of making syngas from natural gas, then converting it to methanol. Once we worked out the best process, we had to design and model a methanol plant. We used a program called ASPEN that does all your mass & energy balances for you, but it's pretty complex to work. It was a real photo finish for my group, we only just got it done in time :P.