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Sustainable Dimethyl Carbonate Production from Ethylene Oxide and Methanol
Author(s) -
Fallah Ramezani Saeed,
Karimi Mehdi,
Panahi Mehdi,
Rafiee Ahmad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.202000150
Subject(s) - dimethyl carbonate , methanol , transesterification , ethylene carbonate , ethylene oxide , carbonate , ethylene , chemistry , chemical engineering , oxide , volume (thermodynamics) , catalysis , materials science , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , engineering , electrode , copolymer , electrolyte , polymer , physics
A large‐scale dimethyl carbonate (DMC) production process from ethylene oxide (EO), CO 2 , and methanol was simulated and optimized. Unlike most industrial processes of DMC production, the direct conversion of EO and CO 2 to ethylene carbonate (EC) and EC transesterification to DMC were performed in a single reactor. The reaction volume and the reactor operating pressure were selected as decision variables and evaluated. The key performance parameters, e.g., conversion per pass and CO 2 intensity, were compared with conventional commercialized routes or novel promising processes in the literature.