Dimethyl ether (DME) as potential environmental friendly fuel

• Published in: E3S Web of Conferences Vol. 116; p. 48
• Main Authors: Makoś, Patrycja, Słupek, Edyta, Sobczak, Joanna, Zabrocki, Dawid, Hupka, Jan, Rogala, Andrzej
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Les Ulis EDP Sciences 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Alternative fuels; Biodiesel fuels; Biofuels; Blending effects; Carbon monoxide; Combustion; Compressed gas; Compression; Dependence; Diesel; Diesel fuels; Dimethyl ether; Environmental effects; Ethanol; Fuels; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Liquefied natural gas; Liquefied petroleum gas; Natural gas; Oxides; Particulate emissions; Particulate matter; Petroleum; Sulfur; Sulfur oxides
• ISSN: 2267-1242; 2555-0403; 2267-1242
• DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/201911600048

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in replacing petroleum fuels with so-called second generation environmental friendly fuels. Compared to traditional petroleum fuels dimethyl ether (DME) could be used as a clean high-efficiency compression ignition fuel with reduced particulate matter (PM), sulfur oxides (SO x ), hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO) as well as combustion noise. Compared to some of the other leading alternative fuel candidates i.e. , methane, methanol, ethanol, compressed natural gas, DME appears to have the largest potential impact on society including well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions, non-petroleum feedstocks, well-to-wheel efficiencies, fuel versatility, infrastructure, availability, economics, and safety and should be considered as the fuel of choice for eliminating the dependency on petroleum. This paper reviews the properties and the DME combustion effects on environmental and they were compared to diesel characteristic as well as the effect of blending DME with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), conventional diesel fuel and biodiesel were discussed.