Dimethyl ether synthesis from Victorian brown coal through gasification–Current status, and research and development needs

S Bhattacharya, KB Kabir, K Hein - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2013 - Elsevier
Victorian brown coal, one of the largest and cheapest energy sources in the world, is
currently used in mine-mouth coal-fired power plants. These power plants have low …

A detailed screening on the mass transfer modeling of the CO2 absorption utilizing silica nanofluid in a wetted wall column

P Valeh-e-Sheyda, A Afshari - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2019 - Elsevier
The low CO 2 absorption in water is a major issue for the water-based CO 2 capture
technology. The current study focuses on augmentation effect of silica nanoparticles in a …

Process modelling of dimethyl ether production from Victorian brown coal—Integrating coal drying, gasification and synthesis processes

KB Kabir, K Hein, S Bhattacharya - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
Power plants using Victorian brown coal operate at low efficiency. Being reactive and
spontaneously combustible, dried brown coals cannot be exported either. Synthesis of …

Equilibrium calculations for direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from syngas

GR Moradi, J Ahmadpour, F Yaripour… - The Canadian Journal …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Thermodynamic analysis of single‐step synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from syngas over
a bi‐functional catalyst (BFC) in a slurry bed reactor has been investigated as a function of …

A one-step Cu/ZnO quasi-homogeneous catalyst for DME production from syn-gas

A García-Trenco, ER White, MSP Shaffer… - Catalysis Science & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple one-pot synthetic method allows the preparation of hybrid catalysts, based on
colloidal Cu/ZnO nanoparticles (NPs), used for the liquid phase synthesis of DME from …

Facile synthesis of hierarchical H-[B]-ZSM-5 aggregates via design-optimized desilication for enhanced methanol-to-propylene conversion

MS Beheshti, J Ahmadpour, M Behzad… - Research on Chemical …, 2024 - Springer
In the present study, desilication of high-silica H-[B]-ZSM-5 zeolite was performed via alkali
treatment. The optimization of three effective desilication factors, namely the NaOH …

Kinetic study on NO reduction using dimethyl ether as a reburning fuel

T Yamamoto, S Kajimura - Energy & Fuels, 2017 - ACS Publications
This study experimentally and numerically investigates the reaction mechanism of NO
reduction during reburning using dimethyl ether (DME) as the fuel. The experiments are …

Preparation of H-ZSM-5 Nano-zeolite using mixed template method and its activity evaluation for ethanol to DME reaction

S Abbasian, M Taghizadeh - International Journal of Nanoscience …, 2014 - ijnnonline.net
H-ZSM-5 nano-zeolites were synthesized by hydrothermal method using
tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (TPAOH) as a template in the presence of various TPABr …

An expert model for estimation of the performance of direct dimethyl ether synthesis from synthesis gas

GR Moradi, F Parvizian - The Canadian Journal of Chemical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, an artificial neural network (ANN) has been trained and tested for estimation of
the performance of direct synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from synthesis gas. Yield and …

Recent Research Trends of Catalytic Conversion of CO2 to High-value Chemicals

KH Song, J Ryu, JS Chung - Korean Chemical Engineering …, 2009 - koreascience.kr
Reducing the emission of carbon dioxide, which is the main contributor to the green house
effect, is becoming a global hot issue. Great attention has been thus given to utilization of …