• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.155-160
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• 2011

디메틸 에테르(DME)는 최근 청정 연료로서 주목을 받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 메탄올 탈수반응을 통한 디메틸 에테르(DME)의 제조에 대하여 조사하였다. 이때 촉매는 제올라이트 계열인 고체산 촉매를 이용하였다. 조촉매로서 세리아가 반응전환율뿐만 아니라 DME 생성 선택도도 증가시키는 것을 발견하였다. 실리카/알루미나의 조성비와 촉매 표면의 세리아의 무게함량을 변화시켜 최적의 촉매를 선정하였다. 5 wt%의 세리아가 첨가된 ZSM5-30의 DME에 대한 반응선택성이 가장 뛰어났으며, 이 촉매는 메탄올 내에 포함되어 있는 수분의 영향을 거의 받지 않았다. 마이크로 반응기에서 얻은 데이터를 가지고 반응 속도식을 구하였다.

• Korean Membrane Journal
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.10-15
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• 2004

We developed a water-selective ceramic composite membrane for use as a dehydration membrane reactor for dimethylether (DME) synthesis from methanol. The membranes were modified on the porous stainless steel support by the sol-gel method accompanied by a suction process. The improved membrane modification process was effective in increasing the vapour permselectivity by removal of defects and pinholes. The optimized alumina/silica composite membrane exhibited a water permeance of 1.14${\times}$10$^{-7}$ mol/$m^2$.sec.Pa and a water/methanol selectivity of 8.4 at permeation temperature of 25$0^{\circ}C$. The catalytic reaction for DME synthesis from methanol using the membrane was performed at 23$0^{\circ}C$, and the reaction conversion was compared with that of the conventional fixed-bed reactor. The reaction conversion of the membrane reactor was much higher than that of the conventional fixed-bed reactor. The reaction conversion of the membrane reactor and the conventional fixed-bed reactor was 82.5 and 68.0%, respectively. This improvement of reaction efficiency can last if the water vapour produced in the reaction zone is removed continuously.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.1628-1632
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• 2010

Porous ${\eta}-Al_2O_3$ was synthesized by modified sol-gel method using ionic liquid as a templating material. The addition of ionic liquid assisted to increase the surface area of alumina. However, the acidity of aluminas prepared with ionic liquids was hardly affected regardless the change of its structural properties. Among the ionic liquids used in this study, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([Bmim][$PF_6$]) was the most effective ionic liquid to produce porous ${\eta}-Al_2O_3$ particles. The catalytic performance of these aluminas has been investigated in dehydration of methanol to produce dimethyl ether. The alumina prepared with [Bmim][$PF_6$] outperformed the other aluminas except ${\eta}-Al_2O_3$ without modification in this reaction.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.283-290
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• 2004

The single-step process for conversion of syngas to DME give higher conversion than the syngas-to-methanol process. This arises because of a synergy among the three simultaneous reaction, methanol synthesis, methanol dehydration and water gas shift reaction, in the process. we would find the optimal condition of the process which these advantages. The optimal condition of DME synthesis reaction over a commercial $Cu/Zn/Al_2O_3$ catalyst and Hybrid catalyst in a fixed bed reactor. The syngas-to-dimethyl ether conversion was examined on various reaction condition (Temperature 473~553K, $H_2/CO$ ratio 1~3, Pressure 30'50atm, GHSV 1000~4000).

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.566-572
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 DME 직접 합성을 위한 혼성촉매가 두 가지 방법으로 제조되었으며, 이들의 촉매적 활성이 조사되었다. DME 합성을 위한 혼성촉매는 메탄올 합성과 메탄올 탈수반응에 촉매적 활성을 가진 성분들로 제조되었다. 메탄올 합성촉매는 Cu와 Zn이 함유된 전구물질로부터 합성되었으며, 메탄올 탈수촉매는 ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$를 이용하였다. 두 촉매는 물리혼합법과 침전법에 의해서 혼성촉매로 제조되었다. 물리혼합법은 두 촉매를 분말상태에서 혼합하는 것이며, 침전법은 ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ 촉매상에 Cu-Zn 또는 Cu-Zn-Al 성분을 퇴적시키는 방법이다. 제조된 촉매의 물리적 특성을 조사하기 위하여 X선 회절법에 의한 결정구조, 질소흡착에 의한 BET 표면적, $N_2O$ 화학흡착에 의한 Cu의 표면적 그리고 주사전자현미경에 의한 표면형상 등이 조사되었다. 또한 이들 혼성촉매의 촉매적 활성은 여러 가지 반응조건을 변화시키면서 조사되었다. 이때 반응온도는 $250{\sim}290^{\circ}C$, 반응압력은 30~70 atm, $[H_2]/[CO]$ 몰비는 0.5~2.0, 그리고 공간속도는 $1,500{\sim}6,000 h^{-1}$ 촉매활성이 조사되었다. 반응성 실험 결과로부터 침전법으로 제조된 혼성촉매(CP-CZA/D)가 물리혼합법으로 제조된 혼성촉매(PM-CZ+D)보다 우수한 반응성을 나타냄을 확인할 수 있었으며, 특히 반응 온도, 압력, $[H_2]/[CO]$ 비, 공간속도가 각각 $260^{\circ}$, 50 atm, 1.0, $3,000h^{-1}$인 조건에서 침전법에 의해 제조된 촉매의 CO 전화율이 72%로 물리혼합법으로 제조된 촉매보다 약 20% 이상 높았다. $N_2O$ 화학흡착실험으로부터 Cu 표면적을 측정한 결과, PM-CZ+D 혼성촉매보다 CP-CZA/D 혼성촉매의 Cu 표면적이 더 높았다. 그러므로 침전법으로 제조된 혼성촉매상의 Cu입자가 더 잘 분산되었기 때문에 촉매의 활성이 개선된 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.180-188
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• 2015

To investigate the tendency of $Li^+$ exchange from polar organic solvents, $Li^+$-ion exchange into zeolite Y (Si/Al = 1.56) was attempted by undried methanol (crystal 1) and formamide (crystal 2) solvent. Two single crystals of Na-Y were treated with 0.1 M LiNO3 in each of the two solvents at 323 K, followed by vacuum dehydration at 723 K. Their structures were determined by single-crystal synchrotron X-ray diffraction techniques in the cubic space group $Fd{\bar{3}}m$, at 100(1) K. In both structures, $Li^+$ for $Na^+$ ions filled preferentially sites I' and II. The remaining $Na^+$ ions occupied sites I', II, and III' in both structures, in additional to above sites, and $Na^+$ ions occupied site I in crystal 2. While the 68 % exchange of $Li^+$ for $Na^+$ was achieved from undried methanol, only 40 % exchange was observed from undried formamide, indicating that the undried methanol was more effective than undried formamide as solvent for $Li^+$ exchange under the conditions employed.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.126-140
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• 1997

Mesoporous MCM-41 gallosilicate material was synthesized through shifting through shifting gallosilicate polymer equilibrium towards a MCM-41 phase by addition of acid. The location of Cu(II) exchanged into MCM-41 and its interaction with various adsorbate molecules were investigated by electron spin responance and electron spin echo modulation spectroscopies. It was found that in the fresh hydrated material, Cu(II) is octahedrally coordinated to six water molecules. This species is located in a cylindrical channel and rotates rapidly at room temperature. Evacuation at room temperature removes three of these water molecules, leaving the Cu (II) coordinated to three water molecules and anchored to oxygens in the channel wall. Dehydration at 45$0^{\circ}C$ produces one Cu (II) species located in the inner surface of a channel as evidenced by broadening of its ESR lines by oxygen. Adsorption of polar molecules such as water, methanol and ammonia on dehydrated CuNa-MCM-41 gallosilicate material causes changes in the ESR spectrum of Cu (II), indicating the complex formation with these adsorbates. Cu (II) forms a complex with six molecules of methanol as evidenced by an isotropic room temperature ESR signal and ESEM data like upon water adsorption. Cu(II) also forms a complex containing four molecules of ammonia based on resolved nitrogen superhyperfine interaction.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.97-102
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• 1981

$SiO_2$/$Al_2O_3$ 비가 높은 제올라이트 ZSM-5를 합성하여 메탄올의 탄화수소로의 전환반응을 조사하였다. 메탄올이 전환되어 올레핀, 파라핀, 시클로파라핀 및 방향족화합물이 생성되었으며 특히 방향족 화합물에 대한 큰 선택성을 보여 주었고 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene의 크기정도에 제한된 형상선택성 촉매작용임을 알 수 있었다. 수소형태(HZSM-5)가 활성이 커, 메탄올이 탈수되어 일어나는 잇단 복잡한 반응들이 산촉매반응이 주임을 보여 주었다. ZSM-5와 구조가 유사한 mordenite와 3차원구조를 지닌 faujasite 촉매에서의 메탄올의 반응으로 구조적 영향과 TPD실험에 의한 산점분포를 비교한 결과 메탄올로부터 방향족화합물에 이르기까지의 탄화수소 합성에서의 ZSM-5 제올라이트의 촉매작용은 높은 실리카함량에 기인한 강한 산성과 교차하는 세공관 구조에 의한 분자체 효과에 의한 것으로 볼 수 있다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.559-571
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• 2012

Dimethyl ether (DME) is a new clean fuel as an environmentally-benign energy resource. DME can be manufactured from various energy sources including natural gas, coal, and biomass. In addition to its environmentally friendly properties, DME has similar characteristics to those of LPG. The aim of this article is to represent the development of new DME process with KOGAS's own technologies. KOGAS has investigated and developed new innovative DME synthesis process from synthesis gas in gaseous phase fixed bed reactor. DME has been traditionally produced by the dehydration of methanol which is produced from syngas, a product of natural gas reforming. This traditional process is thus called the two-step method of preparing DME. However, DME can also be manufactured directly from syngas (single-step). The single-step method needs only one reactor for the synthesis of DME, instead of two for the two-step process. It can also alleviate the thermodynamic limitations associated with the synthesis of methanol, by converting the produced methanol into DME, thereby potentially enhancing the overall conversion of syngas into DME. KOGAS had launched the 10 ton/day DME demonstration plant project in 2004 at Incheon KOGAS LNG terminal. In the mid of 2008, KOGAS had finished the construction of this plant and has successively finished the demonstration plant operation. And since 2008, we have established the basic design of commercial plant which can produce 3,000 ton/day DME.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.178.1-178.1
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• 2011

DME is generally expected to be used as a promising clean alternative fuel to diesel fuel. DME is not natural product but a synthetic product that is produced either through the dehydration of methanol or a direct synthetic from syngas. As DME has no carbon-carbon bond in its molecular structure and is an oxygenate fuel, it's combustion essentially generates no soot. DME has such cetane number of 55~60 that it can be used as a diesel engine fuel. However, DME has low lubricity but a proven method to solve the poor lubricity is by adding lubricity improver. Therefore, the aim of this study is to develop lubricity improver of DME as a transport fuel in Korea. In this study, we investigated a possibility of fatty acid ester compounds as a candidate to improve DME lubricity as compared with current lubricity improver of diesel. We also evaluated quality characteristics, storage stability of DME with lubricity additives.