Titanium-doped alumina for catalytic dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether at relatively low temperatures

Fuel

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2422-2427

  Khaleel, Abbas ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Dimethyl ether; Methanol conversion; Titanium aluminum oxides

Indexed keywords

BET SURFACE AREA; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC DEHYDRATION; DIMETHYL ETHERS; DOPED ALUMINA; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH POROSITY; HIGH SURFACE AREA; LOW TEMPERATURES; MESOPOROUS; METHANOL CONVERSION; METHANOL DEHYDRATION; MODIFIED ALUMINA; POROSITY MEASUREMENT; POWDER XRD; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SOL-GEL METHODS; TEMPLATE-FREE; TI OXIDES;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM; CALCINATION; DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; ETHERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUELS; METHANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM OXIDES;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 79955466086     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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