{"id":324498,"date":"2024-01-02T09:38:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T08:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polishscience.pl\/?p=324498"},"modified":"2024-01-02T09:38:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T08:38:08","slug":"dimethyl-ether-as-an-alternative-to-diesel-is-a-new-technology-from-the-gdansk-university-of-technologys-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/dimethyl-ether-as-an-alternative-to-diesel-is-a-new-technology-from-the-gdansk-university-of-technologys-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Dimethyl ether as an alternative to diesel is a new technology from the Gdansk University of Technology&#8217;s scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers at the Gdansk University of Technology (PG) have developed a new technology for obtaining dimethyl ether from small hydrocarbon deposits. In a specially developed demonstrator, the entire process of creating this fuel, which is an ecologically attractive alternative to diesel fuel, can be examined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dimethyl ether (DME) is a colourless gas with a characteristic odour, moderately soluble in water. It has a number of applications in the chemical, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. It is also used instead of natural gas for gas cookers &#8211; its physical properties are similar to propane-butane. It is also one of the most promising substitutes for diesel, LPG and LNG. It can be produced from natural gas, coal or biomass and is categorised as a green fuel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project &#8216;New technology for obtaining dimethyl ether from small hydrocarbon deposits&#8217; was carried out in a consortium with the Warsaw University of Technology, commissioned by PGNiG, now the Orlen group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pg.edu.pl\/aktualnosci\/2023-12\/eter-dimetylowy-alternatywa-dla-oleju-napedowego-nowa-technologia-naukowcow-z-pg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/pg.edu.pl\/aktualnosci\/2023-12\/eter-dimetylowy-alternatywa-dla-oleju-napedowego-nowa-technologia-naukowcow-z-pg<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the Gdansk University of Technology (PG) have developed a new technology for obtaining dimethyl ether from small hydrocarbon deposits. In a specially developed demonstrator, the entire process of creating this fuel, which is an ecologically attractive alternative to diesel fuel, can be examined. Dimethyl ether (DME) is a colourless gas with a characteristic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":324446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324505,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324498\/revisions\/324505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}