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Study on Synthesis of Dimethyl Ether Using Silica Membrane Reactor

Silica막 반응기를 이용한 Dimethyl Ether 합성에 관한 연구

  • Sea Bongkuk (Membranes and Separation Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology) ;
  • Youn Min-Young (Membranes and Separation Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology) ;
  • Lee Kew-Ho (Membranes and Separation Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
  • 서봉국 (한국화학연구원 분리막다기능소재연구센터) ;
  • 윤민영 (한국화학연구원 분리막다기능소재연구센터) ;
  • 이규호 (한국화학연구원 분리막다기능소재연구센터)
  • Published : 2005.12.01
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Abstract

Water selective silica membranes were prepared fur use as membrane reactor for synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) by methanol dehydration. Silica membranes formed on a Porous SUS tube by ultrasonic spray Pyrolysis (USP) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) using tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) as precursor. The CVD-derived membranes formed higher level of trade-off line between water permeance and water/methanol selectivity than that of the USP-derived membranes. The membrane reactor possessing water permeance of $1.2\times10^{-7}\;mol\;{\cdot}\;m^{-2}\;{\cdot}\;S^{-1}\;{\cdot}\;Pa^{-1}$ and water/methanol selectivity of 10 exhibited increase in methanol conversion of about $20\%$ comparing to conventional reactor system. These findings led us to conclude that the dehydration membrane reactor simultaneously separating the water vapour produced in the reaction zone was effective in increasing the reaction conversion.

[ $250^{\circ}C$의 고온에서 수증기 선택 투과 특성을 가지는 silica 막을 메탄을 탈수에 의한 dimethyl ether (DME) 합성 반응에 분리막 반응기로 적용하였다. Silica 전구체로서 tetraethoxysilane (TEOS)을 이용하여 초음파 분무 열분해 및 기상화학 증착법(CVD)법 등에 의해 다공성 스테인레스 스틸(SUS)에 silica 막을 합성하였다. CVD법에 의해 합성한 silica막의 수증기 투과도 및 메탄올에 대한 분리계수 상관관계 trade-off 선이 열분해 silica 막보다 높이 존재하였다. 수증기 투과도가 $1.2\times10^{-7}\;mol\;{\cdot}\;m^{-2}\;{\cdot}\;S^{-1}\;{\cdot}\;Pa^{-1}$ 이상이고, 메탄올에 대한 분리계수가 10 이상의 성능을 가지는 분리막 반응기에 대해서 기존 반응기 대비 $20\%$ 이상 메탄을 전환율이 향상되었다. 고온 수증기 선택성 silica 막이 메탄을 탈수 반응에 의해 생성되는 수증기를 제거함으로서 촉매 활성 저하를 억제하여 반응 전환율을 개선시키는 막 반응기로서의 효과를 확인할 수 있었다.

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