DME SYNTHESIS FROM

GASIFICATION OF
WOOD CHIPS THROUGH
SINGLE-STEP METHOD
(GROUP EE)
MUHAMAD SYAHAMIN BIN ZAINAL ABIDIN

166981

NURHUSNI BINTI M. AMIN

170156

ABDUS SALAAM MUEEN BIN A. SHUKOR

JANNANEE NAIDU

170432
170612

LAYOUT

OBJECTIVES
To design a DME production plant that has ability to process 100000 tons per year of raw
biomass with a 98.5% purity.
To understand and know how to use ASPEN plus Simulation Software as check mass and
energy balance.
To evaluate the safety in plant by HAZOP studies.
To complete the design project with equipment specification based on mechanical design
and control system.
To apply chemical engineering knowledge and project management skills into real situations.
To promote professional characteristics and teamwork activities in group design project.
To produce a design report equivalent to a feasibility study.

INTRODUCTION
Single-step DME synthesis from syngas.
Feed component

Wood chips

Operation Parameters:
Reactor: 220 C at 28 bar
Rate of conversion: 78%

Wood chips = 1262.63 kg/h

Purity of DME = 98.3%

34.9 million ton DME produced per year

ADVANTAGES

Fewer
Unit
Operatio
n

Bicatalyst

Onestep
metho
d

High
Conversi
on Rate

Low
Methanol
productio
n

PROCESS DESCRIPTION

HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL

CONSERVATION