Date: Monday, 24 June 2024
Time: 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Session code 5AV.2
Biofuels and renewable hydrocarbon biofuels
Effect of Syngas Composition on the Production of Renewable Dimethyl-ether via Sorption Enhanced DME Synthesis (SEDMES)
Short Introductive summary
Dimethyl ether is well-suited for deployment as fuel in domestic applications replacing LPG, in compression ignition engines, in spark ignition engines and in power generation. It is expected that renewable DME (rDME) will play an important role in the current energy transition. In recent times, considerable attention has been directed towards the direct synthesis of DME from (biomass-derived) syngas or from pure CO2. The direct synthesis of DME intends to mitigate the thermodynamic limitations of syngas conversion to methanol by shifting the equilibrium as the methanol product is being dehydrated. Additionally, by placing a water sorbent in the reactor, the equilibrium of the system is shifted towards the DME production which is coined as Sorption Enhanced DME synthesis (SEDMES). The aim of this work is to do a preliminary assessment on the effect of syngas composition on the production of rDME via SEDMES. Real syngas will be tested in the frame of the BUTTERFLY project in the SEDMES pilot plant developed at TNO over the last few years. The results of this study are paving the way towards testing of this real syngas as feedstock for SEDMES at TRL 7.
Presenter
Alma CAPA
TNO, STIP - Sustainable Technologies for Industrial Processes
Presenter's biography
Scientist at TNO in the Sustainable Technologies for Industrial Processes (STIP) group. My job is focus on the research of process technologies that improve the sustainability of industrial processes in different sectors with special attention on the implementation of SEDMES technology.
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Co-authors:
I. Tyraskis, TNO, Petten, THE NETHERLANDS
G. Skorikova, TNO, Petten, THE NETHERLANDS
S. Sluijter, TNO, Petten, THE NETHERLANDS
J. Boon, TNO, Petten, THE NETHERLANDS
Session reference: 5AV.2.5