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维普资讯 I… 1。fNaturalGasChemism JournalofNaturalGasChemistry12(2003)219—227 DirectDim ethylEtherSynthesis TakashiOgawa ， NorioInoue． TutomuShikada， YotaroOhno DME Developm entCo．，Ltd，Shoro—koku Shiranuka—ch，Hokkaido，088-0563Japan [ManuscriptreceivedSeptember1，2003；revisedOctober20，2003】 Abstract：DimethyletherfDME1isacleanandeconom ica1alternativefue1whichcanbeproducedfroBl naturalgasthroughsynthesisgas．ThepropertiesofDME areverysimilartothoseofLPgas。DMEcan beusedforvariousfieldsas afuelsuch as powergeneration，transportation，homeheatingand cooking， etc．Itcontainsnosulfurornitrogen．Itisnotcorrosivetoanymeta1andnotharmfu1tohumanbody。An innovativeprocessofdirectsynthesisofDME from synthesisgas has beendeveloped。Newlydeveloped catalystinaslurryphasereactorgaveahigh conversionandhighselectivityofDME production。0ne andhalfyearpilotscaleplant(5tonsperday)testingjwhichwas supportedbyMETI，hadsuccessfully finishedw ith about400tonsDM E production． Key words： dimethylether，DME{slurryreactor．naturalgas，syn—gas {coal，cleanfuel，dieselengine 1．Introduction naturalgasisconvertedtoDME．itwillprovideaDew competitiveroutetotransportnaturalgascompared Future energy demand especially in the pacific withtheLNG chain。 andAsianregionsisofrecastedtobehuge。Therefore DM E isnow manufactured with twoprocesses。 limited energy supply aswellasenvironmentalissue whicharemethanolsynthesisandmethanoldehydra． caused by consumption ofruelwould be substantia1 tion process。In ordertouseDME asafuel，itmust obstaclestorealizeconstanteconom icgrowth inthese