Where are the areas with strong demand for dimethyl ether?
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There is a report in today's Chemical Industry News that dimethyl ether is restricted by logistics problems and has transportation cost issues. Therefore, there is a reasonable radius problem in the production and sales of dimethyl ether. It is recommended that powerful companies set up branch factories in areas with strong demand for dimethyl ether and areas with rich coal resources to eliminate the disadvantages caused by logistics problems. I would like to ask everyone, where are the areas with strong demand for dimethyl ether in my country currently and in the future? Is it an area where liquefied gas is widely promoted? Where specifically? I'm a newbie, please help me!
Mainly in the liquefied gas promotion area, dimethyl ether is currently blended with LPG, and along the southeastern coast, areas with insufficient natural gas supply
Thanks for the answer upstairs. Can you tell me specifically about the areas where liquefied gas is promoted?: North China? Central? northeast? Also, my country's coal resources and DME market are currently distributed in reverse directions, and at least quite some areas do not overlap. This raises two questions.: 1. When it comes to DME site selection, which one should give priority to the market or coal raw materials? If market priority is given, will methanol-to-DME technology be mainly used? Is it feasible to import coal from other places to make DME from coal? Which of the two processes is more beneficial in the long run? If coal mines are given priority, can coal-to-DME technology be used? 2. Considering freight, which of the above two technologies has the cost advantage? Count shipping costs. If market priority is given, should the factors affecting methanol price be mainly considered? If DME is made from coal, will the coal freight have a big impact? If coal mines are given priority, do we need to consider the price of coal and the freight for DME to be transported to market areas? I would also like your advice!
Personally, I think that if the scale of DME is relatively large, it would be better to be located near the raw materials. It would be best if the market can be taken into consideration. Because we have to consider the future raw material prices and transportation costs. The market for dimethyl ether should currently be consistent with the market for liquefied gas. Friends above have already pointed it out. After dimethyl ether is mixed with liquefied gas, it will be sold to the liquefied gas user market. If dimethyl ether fuel vehicles are promoted in the future, there will be one more market. It is still unclear where it will first be used in automobiles. I feel that the possibility is greater in the mainland, especially in the west, because there are abundant coal resources and the development of chemical industry is relatively fast.
There was an article in the Journal of Coal Conversion that discussed the issue of transportation costs, but I didn’t understand it! “Cost comparison of multi-scheme coal to dimethyl ether" ("Coal Conversion" vol30, No.4, p86)
South China and East China are areas with relatively large consumption. For DME, it is recommended that it is better to rely on the market. The transportation requirements for this product are very high. Relatively speaking, the transportation requirements for coal are much lower.