Methanol economy - Methanol and Dimethyl ether replace fossil fuels
Q. Which of the following will dominate as source of fuel in Methanol Economy?
1) Methanol
2) Dimethyl Ether
3) Ethanol- Published on 07 Sep 16a. 2, 3
b. 1
c. 1, 2
d. All of the above
ANSWER: 1, 2
- The methanol economy is a suggested future economy in which methanol and dimethyl ether replace fossil fuels as a means of energy storage, ground transportation fuel, and raw material for synthetic hydrocarbons and their products.
- It offers an alternative to the proposed hydrogen economy or ethanol economy.
- In the 1990s, Nobel prize winner George A. Olah advocated a methanol economy.
- Methanol can be produced from a wide variety of sources including still-abundant fossil fuels (natural gas, coal, oil shale, tar sands, etc.), but also agricultural products and municipal waste, wood and varied biomass.
- It can also be made from chemical recycling of carbon dioxide.
