| 20100056831 | ENERGY-EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR CO-PRODUCING ETHYLENE AND DIMETHYL ETHER - The present invention discloses a process for the co-production of ethylene and dimethyl ether, comprising (i) providing a feedstock comprising ethanol and methanol, with a weight ratio of methanol to ethanol being in a range of from 1:10 to 10:1; (ii) feeding the feedstock into a reaction zone containing a solid catalyst to give an effluent, wherein a reaction temperature is in a range of from 200 to 480° C., a reaction pressure is in a range of from 0 to 2 MPa (gauge), and a weight hourly space velocity of the feedstock is in a range of from 0.1 to 10 h | 03-04-2010 |