State of the Art of Global Dimethyl Ether Production and It’s Potentional Application in Indonesia

Global Dimethyl Ether Production and It’s Potentional Application in Indonesia

Authors

  • Bayu Prabowo Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, Universitas Prasetiya Mulya, Tangerang, Banten 15339, Indonesia , Institute of Energy and Power Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
  • Mi Yan Institute of Energy and Power Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China
  • Mochamad Syamsiro Department of Mechanical Engineering, Janabadra University, Jl. TR Mataram 57, Yogyakarta 55231, Indonesia
  • Roy Hendroko Setyobudi Ma Chung Research Center for Photosynthetic Pigments, Villa Puncak Tidar N-01 Malang 65151, East Java, Indonesia , Indonesian Association of Bioenergy Scientist and Technologist
  • Muhammad Kunta Biddinika Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan

Keywords:

Application, DME, Indonesia, LPG, review, energy, fuel

Abstract

Dimethyl ether (DME) is a flammable gas that changes to liquid phase when applied a relatively mild pressure to it, i.e., 0.5 MPa. Therefore, DME has a special advantage to be utilized as both the gas and liquid fuels. Moreover, DME can be produced from various feedstock, including natural gas, residual oil, coal and biomass. On account of these features,  DME might be a suitable form of intermediate fuel for Indonesia, which has abundant and unutilized energy resource but in other hand still highly relies on the import of energy commodities, particularly liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and diesel oil. This paper summarized the state of art of worldwide DME development and application, as well as discussed the potential application of DME in Indonesia. DME properties, production process and brief development history were first introduced. Then, state of the art of the global DME application and commercial market along with the available technology providers were summarized. Economic analysis and challenges for global DME application were subsequently  discussed. Finally, the analysis of driving factor, potential benefit, and current state of DME application in Indonesia were presented. This paper could be an initial guide for the development of
DME industry and application in Indonesia.

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Published

2017-03-21

How to Cite

Prabowo, B. ., Yan, M. ., Syamsiro, . M. ., Setyobudi, R. H. ., & Biddinika, . M. K. . (2017). State of the Art of Global Dimethyl Ether Production and It’s Potentional Application in Indonesia: Global Dimethyl Ether Production and It’s Potentional Application in Indonesia. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: B. Life and Environmental Sciences, 54(1), 29–39. Retrieved from http://ppaspk.org/index.php/PPAS-B/article/view/377

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Vol. 54 No. 1 (2017)

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