Journal
FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
Volume 121, Issue -, Pages 38-46Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2014.01.006
Keywords
Biomass; Bifunctional catalysts; Dimethyl ether; Methanol; Synthesis gas; Zeolites
Funding
- Helmholtz Research School Energy-Related Catalysis
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Zeolite-based bifunctional catalysts for the production of dimethyl ether (DME) from CO-rich synthesis gas (H-2: CO = 1) were prepared via various preparation methods including co-precipitation-impregnation, impregnation, co-precipitation sedimentation and oxalate co-precipitation. The catalysts comprise a Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 component for methanol formation and zeolite H-MFI 400 as acidic component for methanol dehydration to DME. An admixed catalyst system was used as reference and all catalysts were characterized by SEM-EDX, XRF, N-2-physisorption, XRD, H-2-TPR, NH3-TPD, N2O-pulse chemisorption and TEM. The catalysts were tested in a continuously operating laboratory plant and the experiments revealed that the synthesis strategy strongly influences catalyst properties and hence catalyst activity. Especially a bifunctional catalyst prepared via oxalate co-precipitation proved to be highly active and could compete with conventional admixed catalyst systems. High CO-conversion and a high DME-selectivity could be reached. Catalyst characterization revealed that high Cu surface areas, small Cu particle sizes and a high number of moderate acidic sites are crucial to achieve maximum catalytic performance. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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