Przemysl Chemiczny, Vol.94, No.10, 1778-1782, 2015
Study on kinetics of bioethanol to dimethyl ether conversion on copper-modified zeolite catalysts
Biomass-derived EtOH was converted to Me2O on optionally Cu-doped clinoptilolite, ZSM-35 zeolite and ferrierite at 660-730 K under 1.2 bar to det. the reaction kinetics and isokinetic temps. The selectivity of Me2O synthesis decreased with increasing SiO2/Al2O3 modulus of the catalyst.