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Application of the thermodynamic method to developing the process of producing methanol and dimethyl ether from synthesis gas

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A thermodynamic method intended for choosing the most efficient flowsheet in developing new technologies of processing the natural gas is proposed. The method was tested for the process of synthesizing methanol and used in designing a new process, dimethyl ether synthesis.

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  1. Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry, Moscow, Russia

    M. Kh. Sosna, Yu. A. Sokolinskii, N. Yu. Shovkoplyas & E. V. Korolev

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Original Russian Text © M.Kh. Sosna, Yu.A. Sokolinskii, N.Yu. Shovkoplyas, E.V. Korolev, 2007, published in Teoreticheskie Osnovy Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii, 2007, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 611–618.

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Sosna, M.K., Sokolinskii, Y.A., Shovkoplyas, N.Y. et al. Application of the thermodynamic method to developing the process of producing methanol and dimethyl ether from synthesis gas. Theor Found Chem Eng 41, 809–815 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579507060036

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