%0 Journal Article %T productionofdimethylether(dme)asacleanfuelusingsonochemicallypreparedcuoand/orzno-modifiedγ-aluminacatalysts %A sameh %A m. %A k. %A aboul-fotouh %J 燃料化学学报 %P 350-356 %D 2014 %X ?thecatalyticconversionofmethanoltodimethylether(dme)wasstudiedovercuo/al2o3,zno/al2o3andzno-cuo/al2o3nanocatalystspreparedinpresenceorabsenceofultrasonicirradiation.thecatalystswerecharacterizedbyx-raydiffraction(xrd),surfacecharacterizationmethod(bet),scanningelectronmicroscope(sem),h2-temperatureprogrammedreduction(h2-tpr)andtemperatureprogrammeddesorptionofammonia(nh3-tpd).theexperimentalresultsshowthatduringcatalyticdehydrationofmethanoltodimethylether,theactivitiesofthecuo/al2o3,zno/al2o3andzno-cuo/al2o3catalystspreparedusingultrasonictreatmentaremuchhigherthanthosepreparedinabsenceofultrasonication.semshowsthattheuseofultrasonicationresultsinmuchsmallernanoparticles.betandxrdshowthattheultrasonicationincreasesthesurfaceareaandporevolumeofthecatalysts.h2-tprprofilesindicatedthatreducibilityofthesonicatednanocatalystsiscarriedoutatlowertemperatures.nh3-tpdshowsthatultrasoundirradiationhasenhancedtheacidityofthenanocatalystandhenceenhancedcatalyticperformancefordmeformation. %K ultrasonication %K methanol %K dme %K &gamma %K -al2o3 %K cuo %K zno %U http://rlhxxb.sxicc.ac.cn/CN/abstract/abstract18378.shtml