In mid-June, the National Development and Reform Commission will organize relevant government officials, experts, and engineering and technical personnel to conduct special seminars on the direction and ideas for the development of the DME industry and the feasibility and operability of alternative petroleum products.
According to relevant persons from the General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission, the meeting will invite the National Standards Committee, the Ministry of Communications, PetroChina, Sinopec, China Coal Industry Association, China Automotive Technology and Research Center, China Clean Vehicle Action Group, Alcohol Ether Fuel Association, and Tsinghua University. , Shenhua Group, Southwest Chemical Research & Design Institute, China Chengda Engineering Company, Shandong Jiutai Technology Development Company, 29 government departments, R&D institutions, industry associations, production and use companies, mainly from resources, environment, technology, economy, use , market, and other aspects, research on domestic and foreign DME R & D progress, domestic DME automotive transformation and testing, DME engine R & D and other conditions; to explore the development direction of China's dimethyl ether industry, DME alternative petroleum products feasibility And operability, prospects for China's dimethyl ether automotive applications; the development of fuel standards work norms and requirements.
Dimethyl ether can be used in chemical, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, dyes, aerosol propellants, refrigerants and other industries, but also can be used as fuel. Due to the presence of oxygen atoms in the molecule, dimethyl ether is completely burned and has high thermal efficiency. It is a clean and environmentally friendly fuel. Dimethyl ether is used as an alternative fuel for vehicles and has comprehensive advantages that are unmatched by natural gas, methanol, ethanol, and hydrogen. Experts analyzed that with the increasing demand for energy products and the soaring of international crude oil prices, unprecedented opportunities have emerged for the development of new energy industry as DME.