Journal
CATALYSIS TODAY
Volume 388-389, Issue -, Pages 323-328Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2020.06.023
Keywords
Direct synthesis; Dimethyl ether; Kinetic model; Parameter estimation; Hybrid catalyst; Operating conditions
Funding
- C1 Gas Refinery Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning [NRF-2018M3D3A1A01055765, NRF-2018M3D3A1A01018009]
- Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy of the Korean Government [20154010200820]
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A kinetic model for the direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from syngas using a hybridized catalyst was developed. The model estimated kinetic parameters and determined optimal conditions for thermal efficiency.
A kinetic model for the direct synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from syngas over a hybridized Cu/ZnO/Al2O3/ferrierite (CZA/FER) catalyst was developed. Kinetic parameters including reaction rate and equilibrium constants were estimated by fitting experimental data for the hybrid catalyst, and these were compared with the reported values for conventional catalysts. High activation energies for the hybrid CZA/FER catalyst showed that the methanol synthesis step may have more control over the rate than the methanol dehydration step. This may be attributed to the core-shell structure of the hybrid catalyst in such a way that the diffusion resistance plausibly plays an important role in the kinetics; this feature was reflected in our estimated kinetic parameters. Using the developed kinetic model, a temperature between 200 and 220 degrees C was determined for thermal energy efficiency, and a further analysis provided the optimal range of the total pressure and space velocity.
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