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Contents

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Introduction...........................................................................13

1.1 Characteristic Features of Methanol & DME 14
1.1.1 Hazardous and Toxicological properties of Methanol & DME 18
1.2 USE of Methanol & DME 20
1.3 Global Demand & Production of Methanol and DME 21

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Process & Technology for Methanol & DME.........................25

2.1 Manufacture of Syngas 27
2.1.1 Chemical reactions involving syngas formation 27
2.1.2 Syngas production from different Hydrocarbon sources 29
2.1.3 Purification and Conditioning of Syngas 37
2.2 Conversion of Syngas to methanol/DME 40
2.2.1 Manufacture of Methanol 40
2.2.2 Production of DME 42
2.3 Methanol from Carbon Dioxide 43
2.4 Catalyst availability for Syngas and Chemical Production 45

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Current Status of Technology and Trends..........................47

3.1 Present Commercial Production Routes 48
3.2 Recent Trends in Gasification Process 48
3.3 Processing of Different Feedstocks Simultaneously 49
3.4 Production Flexibility to Address Market Needs. 50
3.5 Recent Developments and Operating Prototypes 51
3.6 Availability of Proven or Emerging Technologies 52
3.6.1 Pretreatment of Carbon Source 53
3.6.2 Production of Syngas 54
3.6.3 Synthesis for methanol / DME from Syngas 55