One more alternative to consider: DME
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A chemical company in China is starting the production of DME, short for dimethyl ether, to use as an alternative
fuel for Beijing’s diesel city buses, according to Pakistan Daily Times.
DME is a clean burning alternative for diesel that can be produced from natural gas, coal, or biomass at an attractive
price. While DME has generally shown to reduce emissions, it requires fairly significant changes to the engine
hardware. DME is a gas at ambient pressures and temperatures, which requires pressurizing of the fuel lines, and has
very low lubricity, which is a characteristic critical to proper diesel engine operation. DME seems to be flying under
the radar in North America, but getting significant attention in China, Japan, and Europe. [Source: Pakistan Daily Times]
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Bryan Wong 6:54AM (5/17/2007)
If you would like to knoe more on DME developments, join us at upcoming North Asia DME / Methanol conference in Beijing, 27-28 June 2007, St Regis Hotel. The conference covers key areas which include:
DME productivity can be much higher especially if
country energy policies makes an effort comparable to
that invested in increasing supply.
By:
National Development Reform Commission NDRC
Ministry of Energy for Mongolia
Production of DME/ Methanol through biomass
gasification could potentially be commercialized
By:
Shandong University completed Pilot plant in Jinan and
will be sharing their experience.
Advances in conversion technologies are readily
available and offer exciting potential of DME as a
chemical feedstock
By: Kogas, Lurgi and Haldor Topsoe
Available project finance supports the investments
that DME/ Methanol can play a large energy supply role
By: International Finance Corporation
For more information: www.iceorganiser.com
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