Dimethyl ether as Zero Emission Fuel-Synergies with Biogas and Biomass Plants
Journal Title: Current Investigations in Agriculture and Current Research - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
In Iceland a methanol plant named in honour of the noble prize laureate [1] operating since 2011. As substrate they use carbon dioxide and hydrogen producing methanol. Methanol is the simplest alcohol and well know since the developments of Paul Sabatier and the catalysis processes [2], in liquid phase at environment pressure and temperature, and is a synthetic alcohol. In the Georg Olah Plant [3] carbon dioxide and hydrogen are mixed 1mol:3mol together to form a syngas, being compressed and transformed under the help of catalysts to methanol (methanol synthesis).From water and the electric power needed for the electrolysis is generated by geothermal heat conversion to electricity (Figure 1). This is a special property of Iceland. Now the question arises, where does the carbon dioxide come from? In the most common case. Carbon dioxide is separated from exhaust gas from fossil fuelled power plants and industrial processes. Using fossil carbon dioxide in plant process the George Olah plant [3] is now accelerating the consumption of fossil fuels if we use methanol as a fuel. Therefor methanol should be used in chemical industry fixing carbon dioxide [1]. But if we use methanol as fuel in transportation, the combustion of methanol leads to carbon dioxide and water being transferred to normally carbon dioxide transferred to the environment is a dilution of carbon dioxide in the air. We watch that methanol burned in a classical Otto motor cycle additional produces compared to fossil diesel fuel in a diesel engine higher pollution, dust, soot and a higher amount of carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas. Therefor methanol is converted to dimethyl ether by extraction of water under acid conditions [4,5].
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Johann Gruber Schmidt
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