• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.43 no.5
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• pp.621-626
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• 2005

The esterification reaction of free fatty acid with methanol was investigated in the presence of catalyst, Amberlyst-15, producing fatty acid methyl ester, namely, biodiesel. In this paper, the effects of the reaction parameters such as reaction temperature, mole ratio of alcohol to oleic acid and mass of catalyst on the catalytic activity have been examined. The results showed that the reaction rate increased about twice as the temperature increased every $20^{\circ}C$ in the reaction temperature range from 333 K to 373 K. The equilibrium conversion rate of oleic acid increased with the feed mole ratio of alcohol to acid ranging from 6:1 to 44:1. When the feed mole ratio was higher than 44:1, all the results were similar to that of 44:1. As for the influence of the mass of catalyst, the initial reaction rate increased from 1.2 to 1.3 times as the mass of catalyst doubles in the range of the catalyst weight from 5 to 20 wt%. The experiment data obtained were well described by the second reaction rate using a pseudo-homogeneous model.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.649-655
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• 2013

Methanol was directly produced by the partial oxidation of methane with perovskite and mixed oxide catalysts. Perovskite ($ABO_3$) catalysts were prepared by the malic acid method with changing A and B site components. Three-component mixed oxide catalysts that have Mo and Bi as a main component were prepared by the co-precipitation method. Among the perovskite catalysts, $SrCrO_3$ showed the highest methanol selectivity of 11% at $400^{\circ}C$. For the three-component mixed oxide catalysts, there were no remarkable changes in methane conversion. Among the mixed oxide catalysts, Mo-Bi-Cr mixed oxide catalyst showed the highest methanol selectivity of 15.3% at $400^{\circ}C$. The catalytic activity and methanol selectivity of the three-component mixed oxide catalysts were directly proportional to the surface area of the catalysts.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.93-95
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• 2006

도시가스, LP 가스, 가솔린 등의 수증기 개질의 반응온도가 $700^{\circ}C$이상의 고온에서 이루어지는 것에 비해 DME 수증기 개질의 반응온도는 $400^{\circ}C$ 이하의 낮은 온도에서 이루진다는 점에서 우수하다. 또한 황 성분을 함유하지 않기 때문에 원료로부터 탈황 과정이 필요 없다. 특히 DME 수증기 개질의 경우 반응온도가 낮은 것과 개질 촉매가 일반적으로는 Cu 계 촉매이기 때문에 도시가스 등의 개질장치와 달리 CO 변성 장치가 불필요하다. 이 때문에 수소제조를 위해 개질장치가 소형화 가능하고 연료전지 자동차로의 탑재가 용이하여 가능성이 높다 개질장치가 소형화 가능한 것으로 메탄올의 수증기 개질이 있지만 메탄올은 독성이 있다는 점이 문제시되고 있다. 그 점에서 메탄올의 수증기 개질 보다 반응 온도는 다소 높게 되지만 독성 없는 DATE는 기존의 LP가스 인프라를 이용할 수 있는 ME는 특히 우수한 수소제조를 위한 원료이고 수소저장체로 사료된다. 본 연구에서는 가능성 높은 촉매를 사용하여 DME로부터 수소 전환율, 수소 생성속도와 양에 대한 실험실적 결과를 고찰하고자 수행하였다

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.209-219
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• 2019

Methanol is a liquid fuel which could also be produced from renewable energy sources and has appreciably high energy density. In this work, we investigated the application of $Ce_{0.9}Gd_{0.1}O_{2-x}$ supported Cu and Ni catalysts for hydrogen production via methanol steam reforming. Catalysts were synthesized by solution combustion synthesis. The prepared catalysts with various active materials and Cu loading amounts were tested in a reactor at $200-300^{\circ}C$, 0-5 barg range and steam to methanol molar ratio was 1.5. The catalytic properties of Cu and Ni were compared, and the catalytic performance was shown to depend on the amounts of metal loading and operating conditions such as reaction temperature and pressure.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.33 no.9
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• pp.662-669
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• 2011

This study was conducted to biologically convert methane into methanol. Methane contained in biogas was bio-catalytically oxidized by methane monooxygenase (MMO) of methanotrophs, while methanol conversion was observed by inhibiting methanol dehydrogenase (MDH) using MDH activity inhibitors such as phosphate, NaCl, $NH_4Cl$, and EDTA. The degree of methane oxidation by methanotrophs was the most highly accomplished as 0.56 mmol for the condition at $35^{\circ}C$ and pH 7 under 0.4 (v/v%) of biogas ($CH_4$ 50%, $CO_2$ 50%) / Air ratio. By the inhibition of 40 mM of phosphate, 50 mM of NaCl, 40 mM of $NH_4Cl$ and $150{\mu}m$ of EDTA, methane oxidation rate could achieve more than 80% regardless of type of inhibitors. In the meantime, addition of 40 mM of phosphate, 100 mM of NaCl, 40 mM of $NH_4Cl$ and $50{\mu}m$ of EDTA each led to generating the highest amount of methanol, i.e, 0.71, 0.60, 0.66, and 0.66 mmol when 1.3, 0.67, 0.74, and 1.3 mmol of methane was each concurrently consumed. At that time, methanol conversion rate was 54.7, 89.9, 89.6, and 47.8% respectively, and maximum methanol production rate was $7.4{\mu}mol/mg{\cdot}h$. From this, it was decided that the methanol production could be maximized as 89.9% when MDH activity was specifically inhibited into the typical level of 35% for the inhibitor of concern.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.330-337
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• 2005

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.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.360-369
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• 1990

Borosilicate, HZSM-5 zeolite and iron-substituted borosilicate and HZSM-5 zeolite were prepared and their catalytic properties in methanol conversion were studied. The effects of strength and amount of acid site determined from TPD spectra of ammonia on the product distribution was examined. Selectivity to propylene was high over borosilicate with small amount of strong acid site, but selectivity to aromatic compound was high over HZSM-5 zeolite with large amount of the strong acid site. The participation of weak acid site on the conversion did not confirmed, and the product distribution could be explained in terms of the amount of the strong acid site. Although the amount of the weak acid site was increased by substitution of iron, there was no meaningful change in the product distribution.

• Journal of Adhesion and Interface
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.10-23
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• 2001

In order to increase the lower values of % grafting and monomer conversion in the emulsion graft polymerization of methylmethacrylate(MMA) onto sodium alginate (SA; a polymer electrolyte) with alginic acid-g-PMMA, the graft polymerization with water soluble (methanol and acetone) and insoluble solvents was carried out using a varity of solvent amounts and agitating rates. And some physical properties of the graft polymer were also investigated. In the polymerizations with water insoluble solvent, there were pronounced improvements in both % grafting and MMA conversion by the promotion of MMA diffusion from the core to the SA adsorpted on the outer layer of particle and that of MMA complex formation with SA. And the effect was larger for the solvents (cyclohexane, decalin) which do not dissolve PMMA. On the other hand, in the polymerization with water soluble solvent, there was an significant increase in MMA conversion and a considerable increase in the % grafting by the destruction of electrical double layer around the SA chains, abstracting the hydrated water in the layer and the effect was more potential in the case of methanol which is a precipitant of PMMA.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.151-154
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• 2011

Catalytic activity such as conversion and selectivity on the phenol hydroxylation over TS-1 prepared by hydrothermal method and microwave heating method, respectively, was compared and discussed for understanding the dependence of solvent such as water, methanol, acetone, respectively, during phenol hydroxylation, with hydrogen peroxide. Basic physical properties such as XRD, EDS, SEM and $N_{2}$ adsorption/desorption were determined and compared. The relationship between catalytic activity and physical properties of TS-1 was explained.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Mechanical Technology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.123-128
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• 2011

It has been stand high in estimation to converse from Carbon dioxide to Dimethyl Ether in new alternative fuel energy division in 21C, especially Using of DME in point of view of transportation fuel has been discussed of a new clean energy which is very lower of exhaust gas than gasoline and diesel energy. In this paper it is used ZSM-5 and I developed new catalyst by addition of cerium to control acidity. The new catalyst was proved high conversion rate, when it was conversed from methanol to DME, there wasn't any additional material except DME and water, and I overlooked reaction temperature, reaction time, amount of catalyst, amount of added cerium, effect of water content in methanol, reaction temperature by making change of reaction time. I have conclude that conversion rate to DME was increased as increased of catalyst amounts. The best catalyst condition of without additional product was treated poisoning from ZSM-5 to 5% cerium and new catalyst was not effected in purity of fuel methanol.