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Dimethyl ether (DME) synthesis from syngas over a mixture of a methanol synthesis catalyst (ZnO, 25.10 wt %; AuO, 64.86 wt %; Al2O3, 10.04 wt %) and a methanol dehydration catalyst (γ-A12O3) has been investigated for one-, two-, and three-layer catalyst beds. There is a common regularity for these three variants: with an increasing temperature, the total CO conversion decreases, the CO-to-methanol conversion decreases, and the CO-to-DME conversion increases. The largest values of DME selectivity and DME yield have been attained with the three-layer bed. The highest DME yield has been obtained at 250–285°C. Use of a mechanical mixture of the methanol synthesis catalyst and alumina makes it possible to efficiently obtain DME from syngas ballasted with nitrogen (20 vol %) at an H2/CO ratio of 1, which is unfavorable for methanol synthesis. The DME yield on the syngas input basis in this case with the ballast gas (nitrogen or CO2) taken into account can be about 10 wt %.
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Original Russian Text © I.I. Lishchiner, O.V. Malova, A.L. Tarasov, S.V. Korobtsev, M.F. Krotov, B.V. Potapkin, 2016, published in Kataliz v Promyshlennosti.
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Lishchiner, I.I., Malova, O.V., Tarasov, A.L. et al. Specifics of dimethyl ether synthesis from syngas over mixed catalysts. Catal. Ind. 8, 205–212 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2070050416030077
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