Ethylene And Diethyl Ether From Ethanol

This is because the boron modification increased the amounts of total acid sites which can promote the production of ethylene while this is not preferable for diethyl ether production which is favored by weak acid sites.

Ethylene and diethyl ether from ethanol. At higher temperatures ethanol will dehydrate to form ethylene. No significant negative impact of water over diethyl ether. The effect of the presence of water on reaction performance was also evaluated. Ethanol conversion and ethylene selectivity increased when the reaction temperatures were raised whereas the diethyl ether decreased.

It could be nearly achieved the complete ethanol conversion at 400 c over al ssp composite catalysts. The reaction to make diethyl ether is reversible so eventually an equilibrium between reactants and products is achieved.