Biofuels production by biomass gasification: A review

A Molino, V Larocca, S Chianese, D Musmarra - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
The production of biofuels from renewable sources is a major challenge in research.
Methanol, ethanol, dimethyl ether (DME), synthetic natural gas (SNG), and hydrogen can be …

Dimethyl ether: A review of technologies and production challenges

Z Azizi, M Rezaeimanesh, T Tohidian… - … and Processing: Process …, 2014 - Elsevier
Dimethyl ether (DME) is a well-known propellant and coolant, an alternative clean fuel for
diesel engines which simultaneously is capable of achieving high performance and low …

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 …

Catalysis chemistry of dimethyl ether synthesis

J Sun, G Yang, Y Yoneyama, N Tsubaki - ACS Catalysis, 2014 - ACS Publications
Dimethyl ether (DME) is receiving great attention as a clean alternative fuel, owing to the
increasing energy demand. Despite tremendous efforts, catalytic synthesis of DME via a …

A review of recent literature to search for an efficient catalytic process for the conversion of syngas to ethanol

V Subramani, SK Gangwal - Energy & fuels, 2008 - ACS Publications
Alternatives to petroleum-derived fuels and chemicals are being sought in an effort to
improve air quality and increase energy security through development of novel technologies …

Direct CO2-to-DME hydrogenation reaction: New evidences of a superior behaviour of FER-based hybrid systems to obtain high DME yield

F Frusteri, M Migliori, C Cannilla, L Frusteri… - Journal of CO2 …, 2017 - Elsevier
The catalytic behaviour of Cu-Zn-Zr/zeolite hybrid systems, in which metallic and acidic
functionalities were combined at level of single grain, was evaluated in the direct DME …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Inside the reaction mechanism of direct CO2 conversion to DME over zeolite-based hybrid catalysts

G Bonura, S Todaro, L Frusteri… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper aims at shedding more light on the reaction mechanism behind the direct
hydrogenation of CO 2 streams into DME in presence of hybrid catalysts. Starting from the …

Kinetic Modeling of Dimethyl Ether Synthesis in a Single Step on a CuO−ZnO−Al2O3/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst

AT Aguayo, J Ereña, D Mier, JM Arandes… - Industrial & …, 2007 - ACS Publications
A kinetic model has been proposed for the synthesis of dimethyl ether in a single reaction
step from (H2+ CO) and (H2+ CO2), and the kinetic parameters have been calculated for a …

Hybrid Cu–ZnO–ZrO2/H-ZSM5 system for the direct synthesis of DME by CO2 hydrogenation

G Bonura, M Cordaro, L Spadaro, C Cannilla… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2013 - Elsevier
One-step CO2 hydrogenation reaction to dimethyl ether (DME) was studied on a hybrid
system characterized by different reactor bed configurations (physical mixing, dual-bed and …