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Experimental Study on the Synthesis of Dimethyl Ether  

Choi, Chang Woo (Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University)
Cho, Wonihl (Research and Development Division, Korea Gas Corporation)
Baek, Young Soon (Research and Development Division, Korea Gas Corporation)
Row, Kyung Ho (Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.17, no.2, 2006 , pp. 125-131 More about this Journal
Abstract
Dimethyl ether (DME) is a new clean fuel as an environmentally-benign energy resource. DME can be manufactured from various energy sources including natural gas, coal, biomass and spent plastic. In addition to its environmentally friendly properties, DME has similar characteristics to those of LPG. Therefore, it is considered as an excellent substitute fuel for LPG, fuel cells, power plant, and especially diesel and is expected to be the alternative fuel by 2010. The experimental study of the direct synthesis of DME was investigated under various conditions over a temperature range of $220{\sim}280^{\circ}C$, syngas ratio 1.2~3.0. All experiments were carried out with a hybrid catalyst, composed of a methanol synthesis catalyst ($Cu/ZnO/Al_2O_3$) and a dehydration catalyst (${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$). The observed reaction rate follows qualitatively a Langmiur-Hinshellwood model as the reaction mechanism. Such a mechanism is considered with three reactions; methanol synthesis, methanol dehydration and water gas shift reaction. From a surface reaction with dissociative adsorption of hydrogen, methanol, and water, individual reaction rate was determined.
Keywords
DME; kinetics; synthesis gas; methanol synthesis; dehydration;
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