Dimethyl ether (DME), as a solution to environmental pollution and diminishing energy supplies, can be synthesized more efficiently, compared to conventional methods, using a catalytic distillation column for methanol dehydration to DME over an active and selective catalyst. In current work, using an autoclave batch reactor, a variety of commercial catalysts are investigated to find a proper catalyst for this reaction at 110-135 C and 900 kPa. Among the -Alumina, Zeolites (HY, HZSM-5 and HM) and ion exchange resins (Amberlyst 15, Amberlyst 35, Amberlyst 36 and Amberlyst 70), Amberlyst 35 and 36 demonstrate good activity for the studied reaction at the desired temperature and pressure. Then, the kinetics of the reaction over Amberlyst 35 is determined. The experimental data are described well by Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetic expression, for which the surface reaction is the rate determining step. The calculated apparent activation energy for this study is 98 kJ/mol. / Chemical Engineering
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:AEU.10048/1494 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Hosseininejad, Seyed Shaham Aldin |
| Contributors | Hayes, Robert E. (Chemical and Material Engineering), Afacan, Artin (Chemical and Material Engineering), Semagina, Natalia (Chemical and Material Engineering), Olfert, Jason (Mechanical Engineering) |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 2261102 bytes, application/pdf |
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