PROCESS FOR PREPARING DIMETHYL ETHER FROM CRUDE METHANOL IN AN ADIABATIC REACTOR

摘要

The present invention relates a process for preparing dimethyl ether from crude methanol in an adiabatic reactor(s)/and more particularly to a process for preparing dimethyl ether wherein crude methanol containing water is dehydrated by using (1) a catalytic system in which the reactant contacts a catalyst 1 of hydrophobic zeolite partially substituted by a specific metal cation and subsequently a catalyst 2 selected from gamma-alumina or silica-alumina; and (2) an adiabatic reactor(s). In the present invention, the dehydration is accomplished effectively by avoiding the formation or byproducts and the deactivation of catalyst. Therefore, dimethyl ether useful as clean fuel and a raw material in chemical industry can be produced from crude methanol with an enhanced yield in an adiabatic reactor(s).