CO direct esterification to dimethyl oxalate and dimethyl carbonate: the key functional motifs for catalytic selectivity

ZQ Wang, J Sun, ZN Xu, GC Guo - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The direct esterification of CO involves processes using CO as the starting material and
ester chemicals as products. Dimethyl oxalate (DMO) and dimethyl carbonate (DMC) are two …

Pathways toward carbon-neutral coal to ethylene glycol processes by integrating with different renewable energy-based hydrogen production technologies

Q Yang, G Chu, L Zhang, D Zhang, J Yu - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Many Belt and Road Countries are actively taking measures to achieve carbon
peaking and carbon neutrality. It greatly promotes to transform and upgrade the coal based …

Development and techno-economic evaluation of coal to ethylene glycol process and Allam power cycle and carbon capture and storage and integration process

Y Zhou, Z Xu, J Zhang, J Xing, J Jia, P Cui - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Although coal is one of the primary energy sources in the world, the conversion and
utilization process results in significant carbon emission and energy consumption. In …

Comparative life cycle assessment of energy consumption, pollutant emission, and cost analysis of coal/oil/biomass to ethylene glycol

S Xu, Z Li, Q Yang, G Chu, J Zhang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The industrialized coal-to-ethylene glycol (CtEG) route has become a potential competitor
for the conventional oil-to-ethylene glycol (OtEG) route, and the emerging biomass-to …

Energy-saving investigation for diethyl carbonate synthesis through the reactive dividing wall column combining the vapor recompression heat pump or different …

A Yang, S Sun, A Eslamimanesh, W Shen - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The design of the diethyl carbonate (DEC) production process has received much attention
due to its key role as the oxygenated gasoline additive with much fewer environmental and …

Technoeconomic and environmental analysis of ethylene glycol production from coal and natural gas compared with oil-based production

Q Yang, Q Yang, S Xu, S Zhu, D Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Increasing demand of ethylene glycol conflicts with the shortage of supply, forcing Chinese
government to seek for its alternative production routes. Recently, many coal-to-ethylene …

Oxidative coupling of carbon monoxide to dimethyl oxalate: catalysts design, reaction mechanism and process intensification

C Wang, X Li, S Yuan, L Sun, P Bai, L Ling… - Catalysis …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Significant efforts have been directed toward the advancement of active and durable Pd−
based catalysts for the gas− solid phase oxidative coupling of carbon monoxide (CO) to …

Comparative techno-economic analysis of oil-based and coal-based ethylene glycol processes

Q Yang, S Zhu, Q Yang, W Huang, P Yu… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Traditional ethylene glycol production is heavily dependent on oil. In the background of
richness of coal and scarcity of oil, more and more coal to ethylene glycol (CTEG) plants …

Energy-saving optimal design and effective control of heat integration-extractive dividing wall column for separating heterogeneous mixture methanol/toluene/water …

A Yang, R Wei, S Sun, S Wei, W Shen… - Industrial & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
To the best of our knowledge, very few efforts have been investigated for separating
heterogeneous mixtures methanol/toluene/water with multiazeotropes using extractive …

Highly efficient carbon utilization of coal-to-methanol process integrated with chemical looping hydrogen and air separation technology: Process modeling and …

D Xiang, P Li, X Yuan, P Cui, W Huang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Methanol is an important feedstock of chemical engineering and energy source, and it is
mainly produced by coal route in China. The coal-to-methanol suffers from serious CO 2 …