Recent progress for direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from syngas on the heterogeneous bifunctional hybrid catalysts

K Saravanan, H Ham, N Tsubaki, JW Bae - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
The recent rising demand of renewable energies and climate changes has been driving
intensive academic researches into new chemical routes to sustainable and clean fuel …

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 …

Direct synthesis of ethanol from dimethyl ether and syngas over combined H‐mordenite and Cu/ZnO catalysts

X Li, X San, Y Zhang, T Ichii, M Meng, Y Tan… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ethanol was directly synthesized from dimethyl ether (DME) and syngas with the combined
H‐Mordenite and Cu/ZnO catalysts that were separately loaded in a dual‐catalyst bed …

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 …

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 …

Modelling-based optimisation of the direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from syngas in a commercial slurry reactor

S Papari, M Kazemeini, M Fattahi - Chinese Journal of Chemical …, 2013 - Elsevier
In the present study, we developed a multi-component one-dimensional mathematical
model for simulation and optimisation of a commercial catalytic slurry reactor for the direct …

Advances and challenges in the generation of bio-based fuels using gasifiers: a comprehensive review

M Sharma, R Kaushal - International Journal of Ambient Energy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In present scenario global energy's requirement shows a remarkable rise. Therefore it is
mandatory to explore some other alternatives for extracting clean energy. Biomass as a …

Highly conductive structured catalytic reactors for one-step synthesis of dimethyl ether

I Pérez-Miqueo, O Sanz, M Montes - Industrial & Engineering …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Several structured catalytic reactors for the direct synthesis of the DME reaction are
compared with regard to catalyst hold-up, thermal conductivity, and volumetric productivity …

Direct catalytic production of dimethyl ether from CO and CO2: A review

A Akhoondi, AI Osman, AA Eslami - Synthesis and sintering, 2021 - pure.qub.ac.uk
Dimethyl ether (DME) is a synthetically produced alternative fuel to diesel-based fuel and
could be used in ignition diesel engines due to increasing energy demand. DME is …

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 …