Aromatics Production from Methanol and Pentane: Conceptual Process Design, Comparative Energy and Techno-economic Analysis

•A process design for aromatics production based on different methanol to pentane ratios.•Co-feeding of methanol and pentane enhance the performance for aromatics production.•Comparative energy and techno-economic analysis of five aromatics production cases.•Variations in methanol and pentane prices can result in reversed economic performances of the five cases.