Design and optimization of dimethyl oxalate (DMO) hydrogenation process to produce ethylene glycol (EG)

BY Yu, IL Chien - Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, the steady state design of ethylene glycol (EG) production process by the
dimethyl oxalate (DMO) hydrogenation is investigated. In comparison with the conventional …

Development of a plant-wide Dimethyl Oxalate (DMO) synthesis process from syngas: Rigorous design and optimization

BY Yu, CY Chung, IL Chien - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The rigorous design and optimization of a complex, plant-wide dimethyl oxalate (DMO)
synthesis process from syngas is firstly developed in this work. The whole process can be …

Maximization of dimethyl ether production from synthesis gas by obtaining optimum temperature profile and water removal

D Iranshahi, R Saeedi, K Azizi - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel method optimizing direct dimethyl ether generation from syngas is
proposed. A bi-functional catalyst is used containing commercial catalyst for direct DME …

Rigorous design and optimization of methyl glycolate production process through reactive distillation combined with a middle dividing-wall column

SB Yang, IL Chien - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019 - ACS Publications
The heterogeneously catalytic esterification of glycolic acid (GA) and methanol (MeOH) is
superior to other approaches for the mass production of methyl glycolate (MG) due to …

Preparation and characterization of CuOAl2O3 catalyst for dimethyl ether production via methanol dehydration

CL Chiang, KS Lin - International journal of hydrogen energy, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present study, a CuOsingle bondAl 2 O 3 catalyst with CuAl 2 O 4 spinel structure was
prepared by a co-precipitation method and used for dimethyl ether (DME) production via …

Innovative Ethylene Glycol Diacetate synthesis process in a single reactive distillation column

F Huang, S Xu, T Li, D Zhu - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, an innovative ethylene glycol diacetate (EGDA) synthesis process in a single
reactive distillation column has been investigated. The consecutive, reversible second-order …

Density-functional theory study on hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to methyl glycolate over copper catalyst: Effect of copper valence state

J An, X Wang, J Zhao, S Jiang, Y Quan, Y Pei, M Wu… - Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of high-performance copper (Cu)-based catalysts is critical to achieve the
industrial hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate (DMO) to methyl glycolate (MG). To understand …

Intrinsic Kinetics Study of Dimethyl Ether Synthesis from Methanol on γ-Al2O3 Catalysts

M Mollavali, F Yaripour, H Atashi… - Industrial & engineering …, 2008 - ACS Publications
A series of commercially available γ-Al2O3 samples were tested for vapor-phase
dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether (DME). The samples were characterized using X …

Ethylene glycol recovery from 2-ethyl-1, 3-dioxolane hydrolysis via reactive distillation: pilot-scale experiments and process analysis

X Li, R Wang, Y Yan, R Zhao, H Li… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2019 - ACS Publications
EG is an important industrial raw material, and the hydrolysis of 2-ethyl-1, 3-dioxolane (2ED)
to re-obtain EG is a very important step to recover EG from an EG and 1, 2-BDO azeotropic …

Analysis, synthesis, and design of a one-step dimethyl ether production via a thermodynamic approach

HJ Chen, CW Fan, CS Yu - Applied energy, 2013 - Elsevier
In this work, we have developed a direct one-step process design on an oxygenate
production, namely, dimethyl ether (DME). DME can be used as a cetane-number booster …