Dimethyl Ether in California Engineering Managers and TARMAC - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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 Propane gas 2

Dimethyl Ether in California Kerosene Methanol Ethanol DME 3

Dimethyl Ether in California Outline ◦ Dimethyl Ether (DME) production in Imperial County ◦ DME Status ◦ General DME information 4

DME Production in Imperial County  DME pilot plant installed in Brawley  Authority to Construct in February 2013  DME yearly production rate of 300,000 gallons  Production by catalytic distillation  First phase methanol to DME  Second phase methanol to DME 5

DME Production in Imperial County  Oberon Fuels ◦ http://oberonfuels.com/ 6

DME Status  DME is not a Fuel  Not an alternative fuel  Aerosol propellant 7

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 8

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 9

General DME Information Slides by Shelly Wilkson 10

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