Perspective of dimethyl ether as fuel: Part I. Catalysis

U Mondal, GD Yadav - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2019 - Elsevier
Dimethyl ether (DME) is heralded as the cleanest high-efficiency compression ignition fuel
as a substitute for diesel. DME's autoignition property and high octane number are favorable …

The use of dimethyl ether as an organic extraction solvent for biomass applications in future biorefineries: A user-oriented review

MC Bauer, A Kruse - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
In the recent years the global demand for biomass derived valuables has increased.
Dimethyl ether (DME) showed to be a promising green solvent to access a broad spectrum …

Bench-scale electrochemical system for generation of CO and syn-gas

EJ Dufek, TE Lister, ME McIlwain - Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 2011 - Springer
A flow cell based, bench-scale electrochemical system for generation of synthesis-gas (syn-
gas) is reported. Sensitivity to operating conditions such as CO 2 flow, current density, and …

Innovative dimethyl ether synthesis in a reactive dividing-wall column

AA Kiss, JPCS David - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
Dimethyl ether (DME) is of great industrial interest due to its use as clean fuel for diesel
engines or in combustion cells, as a precursor to other organic compounds, as well as a …

Enhanced stability of spatially confined copper nanoparticles in an ordered mesoporous alumina for dimethyl ether synthesis from syngas

H Ham, J Kim, SJ Cho, JH Choi, DJ Moon, JW Bae - Acs Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
A spatial confinement effect of copper nanoparticles in an ordered mesoporous γ-Al2O3,
which is synthesized by an evaporation induced self-assembly (EISA) method, was …

Direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from carbon-monoxide-rich synthesis gas: Influence of dehydration catalysts and operating conditions

M Stiefel, R Ahmad, U Arnold, M Döring - Fuel Processing Technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Various dehydration catalysts were studied in the synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) directly
from carbon-monoxide-rich synthesis gas under a series of different reaction conditions. The …

Plant-wide modeling and analysis of the shale gas to dimethyl ether (DME) process via direct and indirect synthesis routes

C Mevawala, Y Jiang, D Bhattacharyya - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
A plant-wide model of the shale gas to dimethyl ether (DME) process with integrated CO 2
capture via direct and indirect synthesis routes has been developed in Aspen Plus V8. 4®. In …

Synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) by catalytic distillation

Z Lei, Z Zou, C Dai, Q Li, B Chen - Chemical engineering science, 2011 - Elsevier
The intrinsic kinetics of liquid phase catalytic dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether over
a macroporous sulphonic acid ion exchange resin was determined in a fixed-bed micro …

The effects of synthesis operation conditions on the properties of modified γ-alumina nanocatalysts in methanol dehydration to dimethyl ether using factorial …

F Yaripour, Z Shariatinia, S Sahebdelfar, A Irandoukht - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
The catalytic performance of a series of γ-Al 2 O 3 nanocatalysts prepared by precipitation
method and modified with various amounts of silica (0–15 wt.%) were studied in dehydration …

The impact of zeolite pore structure on the catalytic behavior of CuZnAl/zeolite hybrid catalysts for the direct DME synthesis

A García-Trenco, S Valencia, A Martínez - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2013 - Elsevier
In this work, the influence of the pore structure of 10-ring zeolites used as the methanol
dehydration function in CuZnAl (CZA)/zeolite hybrid catalysts was studied for the direct …