Yield of Dimethyl Ether and Gasoline as a Function of Size of ZSM-5 Crystals

In this work we have studied different acidic zeolitic solid catalysts ZSM-5 with different crystal size, measuring their physical-chemical properties and correlating this with the activity, selectivity at different process condition during the conversion of methanol to dimethyl ether (DME) and gasoline boiling range hydrocarbons. The catalytic properties of these catalysts depended mainly on the crystal size and surface properties. Methanol feed in the DME and gasoline process is derived from black liquor-based syngas. The methanol to DME and gasoline process involves the conversion of black liquor syngas to crude methanol and methanol to DME and gasoline.