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Dimethyl Ether in California Engineering Managers and TARMAC Committees Engineering and T oxics Symposium June 4-5, 2013 - Napa Jaime Hernandez Imperial County APCD 1 Dimethyl Ether in California City gas DME gas Butane gas


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Dimethyl Ether in California

Engineering Managers and TARMAC Committees Engineering and T

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June 4-5, 2013 - Napa

Jaime Hernandez Imperial County APCD

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Dimethyl Ether in California

City gas DME gas Butane gas Propane gas

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Dimethyl Ether in California

Kerosene Methanol Ethanol DME

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Outline

  • Dimethyl Ether (DME) production in Imperial

County

  • DME Status
  • General DME information

Dimethyl Ether in California

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DME Production in Imperial County

 DME pilot plant installed in Brawley  Authority to Construct in February 2013  DME yearly production rate of 300,000

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 Production by catalytic distillation  First phase methanol to DME  Second phase methanol to DME

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DME Production in Imperial County

 Oberon Fuels

  • http://oberonfuels.com/

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DME Status

 DME is not a Fuel  Not an alternative fuel  Aerosol propellant

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DME Status

 Fuel designation by California ARB SSD

  • Stationary Source Division
  • Contact Susie Chung

 Requires application and ASTM sheet

  • Final ASTM specification sheet is in the works

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DME Status

 Mobile engine certification by California

ARB MSOD

  • Mobile Source Operations Division
  • Contact Jackie Lourenco

 Certification process is confidential  No information is available until an

executive order has been produced

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General DME Information

Slides by Shelly Wilkson

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THANK YOU!

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