Parametric Study for Production of Dimethyl Ether (DME) As a Fuel from Palm Wastes

Dimethyl Ether (DME) has been getting numerous attention as it's potential as the second generation bio-fuel. Traditionally DME is produced from the petroleum based stock which involves two steps of synthesis (methanol synthesis from the syngas and DME synthesis from methanol). DME synthesis vi...

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Main Authors: Inayat, A., Ghenai, C., Naqvi, M., Ammar, M., Ayoub, M., Hussin, M.N.B.
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spelling utp-eprints.203292018-04-23T01:04:42Z Parametric Study for Production of Dimethyl Ether (DME) As a Fuel from Palm Wastes Inayat, A. Ghenai, C. Naqvi, M. Ammar, M. Ayoub, M. Hussin, M.N.B. Dimethyl Ether (DME) has been getting numerous attention as it's potential as the second generation bio-fuel. Traditionally DME is produced from the petroleum based stock which involves two steps of synthesis (methanol synthesis from the syngas and DME synthesis from methanol). DME synthesis via single step is one of the promising methods that has been developed. In Malaysia, due to the abundance of oil palm waste, it is a good candidate to be used as a feedstock for DME production. In this paper, single step process of DME synthesis was simulated and investigated using the Aspen HYSYS. Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) from palm wastes has been taken as the main feed stock for DME synthesis. Four parameters (temperature, pressure, steam/biomass ratio and oxygen/biomass ratio) have been studied on the H2/CO ratio and DME yield. The results showed that optimum H2/CO ratio of 1.0 has been obtained when having an oxygen to biomass ratio (O/B) of 0.37 and steam to biomass ratio (S/B) of 0.23. The increment in the steam to biomass ratio increased the production of DME while the increment in oxygen to biomass ratio will cause reduction in DME production. © 2017 The Authors. Elsevier Ltd 2017 Article NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85020753434&doi=10.1016%2fj.egypro.2017.03.431&partnerID=40&md5=00cbeb88abcbb9ddf10e409c7dda1fbe Inayat, A. and Ghenai, C. and Naqvi, M. and Ammar, M. and Ayoub, M. and Hussin, M.N.B. (2017) Parametric Study for Production of Dimethyl Ether (DME) As a Fuel from Palm Wastes. Energy Procedia, 105 . pp. 1242-1249. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/20329/
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description Dimethyl Ether (DME) has been getting numerous attention as it's potential as the second generation bio-fuel. Traditionally DME is produced from the petroleum based stock which involves two steps of synthesis (methanol synthesis from the syngas and DME synthesis from methanol). DME synthesis via single step is one of the promising methods that has been developed. In Malaysia, due to the abundance of oil palm waste, it is a good candidate to be used as a feedstock for DME production. In this paper, single step process of DME synthesis was simulated and investigated using the Aspen HYSYS. Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) from palm wastes has been taken as the main feed stock for DME synthesis. Four parameters (temperature, pressure, steam/biomass ratio and oxygen/biomass ratio) have been studied on the H2/CO ratio and DME yield. The results showed that optimum H2/CO ratio of 1.0 has been obtained when having an oxygen to biomass ratio (O/B) of 0.37 and steam to biomass ratio (S/B) of 0.23. The increment in the steam to biomass ratio increased the production of DME while the increment in oxygen to biomass ratio will cause reduction in DME production. © 2017 The Authors.
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author Inayat, A.
Ghenai, C.
Naqvi, M.
Ammar, M.
Ayoub, M.
Hussin, M.N.B.
spellingShingle Inayat, A.
Ghenai, C.
Naqvi, M.
Ammar, M.
Ayoub, M.
Hussin, M.N.B.
Parametric Study for Production of Dimethyl Ether (DME) As a Fuel from Palm Wastes
author_sort Inayat, A.
title Parametric Study for Production of Dimethyl Ether (DME) As a Fuel from Palm Wastes
title_short Parametric Study for Production of Dimethyl Ether (DME) As a Fuel from Palm Wastes
title_full Parametric Study for Production of Dimethyl Ether (DME) As a Fuel from Palm Wastes
title_fullStr Parametric Study for Production of Dimethyl Ether (DME) As a Fuel from Palm Wastes
title_full_unstemmed Parametric Study for Production of Dimethyl Ether (DME) As a Fuel from Palm Wastes
title_sort parametric study for production of dimethyl ether (dme) as a fuel from palm wastes
publisher Elsevier Ltd
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