Diethyl Ether Yield Research Articles

Preparation and catalytic evaluation of phosphated zirconia nanopowder for ethanol dehydration into diethyl ether

Research on renewable energy development is intensified nowadays, including the production of diethyl ether (DEE) as a high-value alternative fuel. This study explored the catalytic conversion of ethanol into diethyl ether using a phosphated zirconia catalyst. We examined different concentrations of phosphoric acid (1, 2, 3, and 4 M) and calcination temperatures (400, 500, and 600 °C) applied to zirconia nanopowder to evaluate their influence on the acidity of the resulting phosphated zirconia. The catalysts were characterized by FTIR, XRD, SAA, SEM-EDX Mapping, and TG-DTA. Among the catalysts tested, the PZ-2-400 catalyst, prepared with a 2 M H3PO4 concentration and calcined at 400 °C, exhibited the highest acidity value of 0.56 g/mol pyridine. When operated at the optimum temperature of 225 °C, this catalyst achieved an ethanol conversion of 80.04 % and a diethyl ether yield of 1.00 %. These findings suggest that modification of ZrO2 with phosphoric acid acts as a solid acid catalyst for diethyl ether synthesis with better activity and selectivity than unmodified ZrO2.

Modification of Natural Zeolite from Klaten, Indonesia Using Ammonium Chloride by Ion-Exchange and Its Application as Catalyst in Ethanol Dehydration to Produce Diethyl Ether

Modification of a natural zeolite from Klaten, Indonesia, as a catalyst in the dehydration of ethanol to produce diethyl ether (DEE) has been conducted. Raw Klaten natural zeolite (ZA) was modified using 1 and 2 M of an ammonium chloride solution for 24 h while stirring for 18 h, then calcined at 500 °C for 5 h under N2 gas flow produced HZA1 and HZA2 catalyst, respectively. The catalysts were characterized using XRD, BET surface area, SEM-EDX, XRF, FTIR and gravimetric acidity test using ammonia-based vapor. The dehydration process was conducted under variations of temperature (200, 250, and 300 °C) and catalyst mass of 0.1, 0.2, and 0.4 g for 20 mL of 96% ethanol. The HZA1 catalyst produced the highest yield of DEE (2.41%) at 250 °C and 0.1 g catalyst. This catalyst showed needle-like of 66.22 nm crystal size, consisting of 32.57% mordenite, the highest surface area (48.32 m2/g), crystallinity (32.93%) and Brønsted acid sites (2.75 mmol/g), the lowest pore diameter (1.77 nm) and Si/Al mol ratio (4.03). The HZA1 catalyst can be used repetitively and produced DEE yield at the second and third runs (2.40 and 2.61%).

Cellulose acetate/nanoclay composite membranes with enhanced mechanical properties and improved permeance in gas separation

AbstractDiethyl ether is a valuable chemical product in petrochemical industry used in different applications. In diethyl ether (DEE) production by the dehydration of ethanol (EtOH), the products from DEE production are commonly mixed with EtOH and the % yield of DEE generally has not exceeded 60%. This contribution describes the preparation and performance of hollow fiber membranes for the separation of gaseous product (DEE) and reactant (EtOH). Cellulose acetate (CA)/nanoclay (NC)‐based hollow fiber composite membranes were prepared using a wet spinning process of CA solution and the addition of hydrophilic NC particles to improve the mechanical properties and permeability. According to the findings, the 20 wt% CA/0.5 wt% NC hollow fiber showed the higher mechanical strength than the 20 wt% CA hollow fiber without NC. Moreover, the 20 wt% CA hollow fiber without NC provided EtOH and DEE permeances of 8.44 × 10−11 and 4.25 × 10−10 mol m−2 s−1 Pa−1, respectively, while the 20 wt% CA/0.5 wt% NC hollow fiber showed higher EtOH and DEE permeances of 6.50 × 10−10 and 8.49 × 10−9 mol m−2 s−1 Pa−1 plausibly because of the higher porosity based on the SEM images. Furthermore, both CA hollow fiber membranes were selective for DEE over EtOH and were more selective with the addition of NC.

Influence of hydrotalcite/rosasite precursors over Cu/Zn/Al mixed oxides on ethanol dehydrogenation

Cu/Zn/Al mixed oxides catalysts were obtained from their corresponding layered precursors synthesized by coprecipitation of components varying M(II)/M(III) molar ratios of 2, 3, and 4 while maintaining Cu2+/Zn2+ molar ratio at 1.0. Crystalline phases concentration in the precursors was determined by Rietveld refinement analysis. Hydrotalcite (HTLc) phase concentration decreased from 79 to 32 wt % as M(II)/M(III) molar ratio increased from 2 to 4, respectively. A constant value of M(II)/M(III) molar ratio of 1.3–1.4 was determined for HTLc formation independently of the M(II)/M(III) molar ratio used for the synthesis. The excess of M(II), Cu and Zn components, segregate as Rosasite phase. Therefore, mixed oxides with different surface properties were obtained depending on the precursor crystalline phase component. Precursor with mainly HTLc phase generates mostly a homogenous Cu/Zn/Al mixed oxide where Al atoms hinder Cu reduction. On that sample no Cu0 was detected by XPS, then, hydrogen consumption during its reduction process was related to the presence of anionic vacancies, where H2 can be heterolytically dissociated and stored in its hydric form, generating highly active hydro/dehydrogenation sites, with highest Lewis acidity. When the mixed oxides come from a precursor with mainly Rosasite phase, mixed oxides decompose into Cu0, ZnO, and Al2O3 during reduction, where metallic Cu0 acts as dehydrogenating sites during ethanol dehydrogenation to acetaldehyde. In fact, higher Cu surface concentration favors the dehydrogenation route, increasing the yield towards acetaldehyde, whereas a high Al surface concentration enhances the dehydration path increasing diethyl ether yield.

Development of a New Ternary Al2O3-HAP-Pd Catalyst for Diethyl Ether and Ethylene Production Using the Preferential Dehydration of Ethanol.

This study aims to convert ethanol to higher value-added products, particularly diethyl ether and ethylene using the catalytic dehydration of ethanol. Hence, the gas-phase dehydration of ethanol over Al2O3-HAP catalysts as such and modified by addition of palladium (Pd) in a microreactor was evaluated. The commercial Al2O3–HAP catalyst was first prepared by the physical mixing method, and then, the optimal ratio of the Al2O3–HAP catalyst (2:8 by wt %) was impregnated with Pd to develop a new functional catalyst to alter surface acidity. Based on the results, the combination of Al2O3 and HAP catalysts generated significant quantities of weak acid sites which demonstrates an enhancement in catalytic activity. In addition, Pd modification in the optimal composition ratio of the Al2O3–HAP catalyst extremely increased the amount of weak acid sites as well as weak acid density due to the synergistic effect between the Pd and Al2O3–HAP catalyst that are supposed to suggest the active sites in the reaction. Among all catalysts, the Al20-HAP80-Pd catalyst displayed brilliant catalytic performance in the course of diethyl ether yield (ca. 51.0%) at a reaction temperature of 350 °C and ethylene yield (ca. 75.0%) at a reaction temperature of 400 °C having an outstanding stability under time-on-stream for 10 h. This is recognized to the combination of the effects of weak acid sites (Lewis acidity), small amount of strong acid sites, and structural characteristics of the catalytic materials used.

Elucidation of Pd modification effect on catalytic behaviors of γ-Al2O3-P catalysts toward ethanol dehydration and dehydrogenation

The catalytic ethanol dehydration and dehydrogenation over γ-Al2O3-P catalysts with Pd modification were investigated. The Al2O3-P is promising to obtain the highest yield of diethyl ether (ca. 38.4%) at 350 °C attributing to increased portion of weak/moderate to strong acid site. Further investigation was conducted with Pd modification on this catalyst. It revealed that the 0.5Pd/Al2O3-P catalyst produced diethyl ether yield of ca. 33.3% at 350 °C with significant amount of acetaldehyde at low temperature. Increased reaction temperature to 400 °C obtained the highest ethylene yield (ca. 43.7%) with this catalyst because of both acid site and Pd site.

Kinetic and mechanistic study of ethanol dehydration to diethyl ether over Ni-ZSM-5 in a closed batch reactor

In the present work, mechanistic pathways and kinetics of catalytic dehydration of ethanol were investigated in a closed batch reactor for the formation of diethyl ether, and ethylene over the synthesized NiO loaded HZSM-5 in the range of 160–240 °C. The effect of the presence of water on reaction performance was also evaluated. No significant negative impact of water over diethyl ether yield was observed up to 1:1 ethanol–water molar ratio. The proposed two-step kinetic model highlights the mechanistically essential comparison between the strong (Bronsted) and weak (Lewis) acid sites of catalyst for ethanol conversion to diethyl ether. Intramolecular dehydration of ethanol over strong acid sites led to ethylene formation. Enhancement of weak acid sites due to NiO loading over HZSM-5 led to interestingly higher yields of diethyl ether by a combination of ethylene and ethanol. Optimal consideration for maximum conversions was observed with high reusability. Graphical abstract for ethanol dehydration on Ni-HZSM-5 catalyst.

Catalytic Dehydration of Ethanol over W/TiO2 Catalysts Having Different Phases of Titania Support

This study aims to investigate the catalytic behaviors on W/TiO2 catalysts having different phases of TiO2 towards catalytic dehydration of ethanol to higher value products including ethylene, diethyl ether, and acetaldehyde. In fact, TiO2 support with different crystalline phases can result in differences of physico-chemical properties of the catalyst. Therefore, the present work reports on the catalytic behaviors that were altered with different phases of TiO2 in catalytic ethanol dehydration to diethyl ether or ethylene as a major product. To prepare the catalysts, three different phases [anatase (A), rutile (R), and mixed phases (P25)] of TiO2 supports were impregnated with 10 wt% of tungsten (W). It was found that the W/TiO2-P25 catalyst revealed higher activity among other catalysts. At 300 °C, all catalysts can produce the diethyl ether yield of 24.1%, 22.8%, and 10.6% for W/TiO2-P25, W/TiO2-A, and W/TiO2-R catalysts, respectively. However, when the reaction temperature was increased to 400°C, ethylene is the major product. The W/TiO2-P25 and W/TiO2-A catalysts render the ethylene yield of 60.3% and 46.2%, respectively, whereas only 15.9% is obtained from W/TiO2-R catalyst. The most important parameter influencing their catalytic properties appears to be the proper pore structure, acidity, and distribution of W species. Copyright © 2020 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

Pd Modification and Supporting Effects on Catalytic Dehydration of Ethanol to Ethylene and Diethyl Ether over W/TiO2 Catalysts.

In the present work, the palladium (Pd) modification and supporting effect of W/TiO2 catalysts on catalytic ethanol dehydration to ethylene and diethyl ether were investigated. The Pd modification with different sequence of Pd and W impregnation on the catalysts was prepared by the incipient wetness impregnation technique. The catalyst characterization and activity testing revealed that the different sequence during impregnation influenced the physicochemical properties and ethanol conversion of catalyst. The differences in structure and surface properties were investigated by XRD, BET, SEM, EDX, XPS and NH3-TPD. Upon the reaction temperature between 200 to 400°C, it was found that the conversion increased with increasing of temperature for all catalysts. The Pd incorporated into catalysts enhanced the ethanol conversion depending on the sequence of impregnation. At low temperature (ca. 200 to 300°C), diethyl ether is a major product and the Pd modification over W/TiO2 catalyst resulted in increased diethyl ether yield. This is because an increase of ethanol conversion was obtained with Pd modification, while diethyl ether selectivity did not change. This can be attributed to the higher amount of weak acids sites present after Pd modification into catalyst. Among all catalysts, the PdW/TiO2 catalyst (coimpregnation) achieved the highest diethyl ether yield of 41.4% at 300℃. At high temperature (ca. 350 to 400°C), ethylene is the major product. The W/Pd/TiO2 catalyst (with sequential impregnation of Pd on TiO2 followed by W) exhibited the highest ethylene yield of 68.1% at 400°C. It can be concluded that the modification of Pd onto W/TiO2 upon different sequence of Pd and W impregnation can improve the diethyl ether and ethylene yield in catalytic ethanol dehydration.

Production of Diethyl Ether Over Cr-Co/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst

Diethyl ether (DEE) is an important chemical in practical application. This substances actually very interesting to be object of study because its can be substitute the fuel oil such gasoline from the fossil. Its mean that DEE is one of alternative sources of energy. In this study the production of DEE was based on ethanol dehydration over a granule Cr-Co/γ-Al2O3 catalyst. The reaction was conducted in a fixed bed reactor at range temperature of 100 to 200º C and atmospheric pressure. Un nitrogen gas is fed in reactor to push the ethanol vapor. Sampling the product of reaction is taken after the condition is steady state. The catalyst was analyzed by the BET and XRD method and the result indicated that the prepared catalyst has surface area of 162,840 m2/g with pore diameter of 0,3178 cc/g. The ethanol conversion under the variable condition attaints of 93.122% of and DEE yield is 0.34%.

Influence of Phosphoric Acid Modification on Catalytic Properties of γ-χ Al2O3 Catalysts for Dehydration of Ethanol to Diethyl Ether

In this present work, diethyl ether, which is currently served as promising alternative fuel for diesel engines, was produced via catalytic dehydration of ethanol over H3PO4-modified g-c Al2O3 catalysts. The impact of H3PO4 addition on catalytic performance and characteristics of catalysts was investigated. While catalytic dehydration of ethanol was performed in a fixed-bed microreactor at the temperature ranging from 200ºC to 400ºC under atmospheric pressure, catalyst characterization was conducted by inductively coupled plasma (ICP), X-ray diffraction (XRD), N2 physisorption, temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia (NH3-TPD) and thermogravimetric (TG) analysis. The results showed that although the H3PO4 addition tended to decrease surface area of catalyst resulting in the reduction of ethanol conversion, the Al2O3 containing 5 wt% of phosphorus (5P/Al2O3) was the most suitable catalyst for the catalytic dehydration of ethanol to diethyl ether since it exhibited the highest catalytic ability regarding diethyl ether yield and the quantity of coke formation as well as it had similar long-term stability to conventional Al2O3 catalyst. The NH3-TPD profiles of catalysts revealed that catalysts containing more weak acidity sites were preferred for dehydration of ethanol into diethyl ether and the adequate promotion of H3PO4 would lower the amount of medium surface acidity with increasing catalyst weak surface acidity. Nevertheless, when the excessive amount of H3PO4 was introduced, it caused the destruction of catalysts structure, which resulted in the catalyst incapability due to the decrease in active surface area and pore enlargement.

Ethanol Dehydration over WO3/TiO2Catalysts Using Titania Derived from Sol-Gel and Solvothermal Methods

The present study aims to investigate the catalytic ethanol dehydration to higher value products including ethylene, diethyl ether (DEE), and acetaldehyde. The catalysts used for this reaction were WO3/TiO2catalysts having W loading of 13.5 wt.%. For a comparative study, the TiO2supports employed were varied by two different preparation methods including the sol-gel and solvothermal-derived TiO2supports, denoted as TiO2-SG and TiO2-SV, respectively. It is obvious that the different preparation methods essentially altered the physicochemical properties of TiO2supports. It was found that the TiO2-SV exhibited higher surface area and pore volume and larger amounts of acid sites than those of TiO2-SG. As a consequence, different characteristics of support apparently affected the catalytic properties of WO3/TiO2catalysts. As expected, both catalysts WO3/TiO2-SG and WO3/TiO2-SV exhibited increased ethanol conversion with increasing temperatures from 200 to 400°C. It appeared that the highest ethanol conversion (ca. 88%) at 400°C was achieved by the WO3/TiO2-SV catalysts due to its high acidity. It is worth noting that the presence of WO3onto TiO2-SV yielded a remarkable increase in DEE selectivity (ca. 68%) at 250°C. In summary, WO3/TiO2-SV catalyst is promising to convert ethanol into ethylene and DEE, having the highest ethylene yield of ca. 77% at 400°C and highest DEE yield of ca. 26% at 250°C. These can be attributed to proper pore structure, acidity, and distribution of WO3.

Catalytic dehydration of ethanol to ethylene and diethyl ether over alumina catalysts containing different phases with boron modification

The catalytic ethanol dehydration of ethanol over the solvothermal-derived alumina catalysts was investigated in this study. First, alumina catalysts were synthesized by the solvothermal methods to obtain three different phase composition of alumina catalysts including γ-phase (G–Al), χ-phase (C–Al) and equally mixed χ–γ phases (M–Al). Then, all catalysts were modified with boron (G–Al–B, C–Al–B and M–Al–B). It was found that the boron modification increased the amounts of total acid sites and the ratio of weak to strong acid sites (WSR). The catalytic activity and product selectivity of six catalysts via catalytic ethanol dehydration at 200, 300, and 400 °C were measured. For all catalysts, it revealed that ethanol conversion increased with increased temperatures from 200 to 400 °C. At 200–300 °C, the unmodified catalysts tended to exhibit the higher catalytic activity than the boron-modified catalysts. However, at high temperature (400 °C), the boron modification tended to increase the catalytic activity, especially for the M–Al–B catalyst (complete ethanol conversion at 400 °C). Considering ethylene production, the M–Al–B exhibited the highest ethylene yield among other catalysts with 92% at 400 °C. For diethyl ether, it was observed that the M–Al catalyst gave the highest diethyl ether yield of 57% at 300 °C. This is because the boron modification increased the amounts of total acid sites, which can promote the production of ethylene, while this is not preferable for diethyl ether production, which is favored by weak acid sites.

Diethyl Ether Production as a Substitute for Gasoline

Diethyl ether is one of alternative fuel that could be used as a significant component of a blend or as a complete replacement for transportation fuel. The aim of this research is to produce diethyl ether through dehydration reaction of ethanol with fixed bed reactor using nanocrystalline γ-Al2O3 catalyst. Nanocrystalline γ-Al2O3 catalyst was synthesized by precipitation method using Al(NO3)3.9H2O as precursors and NH4OH as the precipitating agent. Dehydration reaction was performed at temperature range of 125 to 225°C. The result shows that synthesized γ-Al2O3 catalyst gave higher ethanol conversion and diethyl ether yield than that of commercial Al2O3 catalyst. The use of synthesized γ-Al2O3 catalyst could reach ethanol conversion as high as 94.71% and diethyl ether yield as high as 11,29%.

Characterization of Different Si- and Al-based Catalysts with Pd Modification and Their Use for Catalytic Dehydration of Ethanol.

This study aims to investigate the production of ethylene and diethyl ether from ethanol via catalytic dehydration using Si- and Al-based catalysts with Pd modification. First, six catalysts including H-beta zeolite (HBZ), mixed phases of γ-χ-Al2O3 (M-Al) and γ-Al2O3 (G-Al) with and without Pd modification (0.5 wt%) were prepared. The catalytic dehydration of vaporized ethanol at temperature ranging from 200 to 400°C was performed over the catalysts. For ethylene production, the most promising catalyst is HBZ (giving ethylene yield of ca. 99% at 400°C), whereas Pd modification has no significant effect on ethylene production. Considering the production of diethyl ether, it is produced at lower temperature (ca. 250°C) than that of ethylene. The most active catalyst to produce diethyl ether is HBZ with Pd modification (giving diethyl ether yield of ca. 48% at 250°C). Thus, increased diethyl ether yield can be achieved with Pd modification at low temperature for the HBZ catalyst. Other catalysts such as M-Al and G-Al can also produce significant amounts of ethylene. To elucidate the effect of Pd modification on these catalysts, different characterization techniques such as nitrogen physisorption (BET and BJH methods), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and ammonia temperature-programmed desorption were performed and further discussed in more detail.

The role of Brønsted acid site strength on the catalytic performance of phosphotungstic acid supported on nano γ-alumina catalysts for the dehydration of ethanol to diethyl ether

Phosphotungstic acid samples supported on nano γ-Al2O3 with the loading of (0.5–40 wt/wt%) were prepared by impregnation and calcined at different temperatures for 3 h. The catalysts were characterized by thermogravimetry, differential thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction and N2 sorption measurements. The acidity of the catalysts was investigated by the dehydration of isopropanol, chemisorption of pyridine and 2,6-dimethyl pyridine. The gas-phase dehydration of ethanol was carried out at 190 °C in a conventional fixed-bed flow type reactor at 1 atm using N2 as a carrier gas. All catalysts calcined at 500 °C exhibited high selectivity toward diethyl ether (DEE) formation. Moreover, the catalyst of 20% phosphotungstic acid supported on γ-Al2O3, AlW20, showed the best selectivity (99%) with 74% yield of DEE. The catalytic performance of supported catalysts were correlated with the strong and intermediate Bronsted acid sites due to presence of Keggin structure and WO3.

Diethyl Ether Production during Catalytic Dehydration of Ethanol over Ru- and Pt- modified H-beta Zeolite Catalysts.

In the present study, the catalytic dehydration of ethanol over H-beta zeolite (HBZ) catalyst with ruthenium (Ru-HBZ) and platinum (Pt-HBZ) modification was investigated. Upon the reaction temperature between 200 and 400°C, it revealed that ethanol conversion and ethylene selectivity increased with increasing temperature for both Ru and Pt modification. At lower temperature (200 to 250°C), diethyl ether (DEE) was the major product. It was found that Ru and Pt modification on HBZ catalyst can result in increased DEE yield at low reaction temperature due to increased ethanol conversion without a significant change in DEE selectivity. By comparing the DEE yield of all catalysts in this study, the Ru-HBZ catalyst apparently exhibited the highest DEE yield (ca. 47%) at 250°C. However, at temperature from 350 to 400°C, the effect of Ru and Pt was less pronounced on ethylene yield. With various characterization techniques, the effects of Ru and Pt modification on HBZ catalyst were elucidated. It revealed that Ru and Pt were present in the highly dispersed forms and well distributed in the catalyst granules. It appeared that the weak acid sites measured by NH3 temperature-programmed desorption technique also decreased with Ru and Pt promotion. Thus, the increased DEE yields with the Ru and Pt modification can be attributed to the presence of optimal weak acid sites leading to increased intrinsic activity of the catalysts. It can be concluded that the modification of Ru and Pt on HBZ catalyst can improve the DEE yields by ca. 10%.

A Comparative Study of Different Al-based Solid Acid Catalysts for Catalytic Dehydration of Ethanol

In this present study, the catalytic dehydration of ethanol over three different Al-based solid acid catalysts including H-beta zeolite (HBZ), modified H-beta zeolite with γ-Al 2 O 3 (Al-HBZ) and mixed γ- χ phase of Al 2 O 3 (M-Al) catalysts was investigated. The ethanol dehydration reaction was performed at temperature range of 200 to 400 o C. It revealed that all catalysts exhibited higher ethanol conversion with increased temperatures. At low temperatures (ca. 200 to 250 o C), diethyl ether (DEE) was obtained as a major product for all catalysts. However, with increased temperatures (ca. 300 to 400 o C), ethylene was a major product. Among all catalysts, HBZ exhibited the highest ethanol conversion giving the ethylene yield of 99.4% at 400 o C. This can be attributed to the largest amount of weak acid sites present in HBZ, which is related to the Bronsted acid. It should be mentioned that HBZ also rendered the highest yield of DEE (ca. 35.3%) at 250 o C. As the results, HBZ catalyst is promising to produce ethylene and DEE from ethanol, which is considered as cleaner technology.

Continuous dehydration of ethanol to diethyl ether over aluminum phosphate–hydroxyapatite catalyst under sub and supercritical condition

The activity of non-stoichiometric aluminum phosphate–hydroxyapatite for continuous dehydration of ethanol to diethyl ether (DEE) under sub and supercritical condition was investigated. The catalysts were characterized, using different methods viz., XRD, FT-IR, BET, TGA, EDX, Hammett indicators and amine titration. A face-centered composite design was used to investigate the effect of temperature, pressure, and ethanol flow rate on the catalyzed ethanol dehydration. Response surface methodology was used for optimization. Under the optimum conditions of ethanol flow rate of 0.17mLmin−1 (WHSV=1.01h−1), 340°C, and 200bar, the DEE yield, selectivity, ethanol conversion, and liquid selectivity reached above 75%, 96%, 78%, and 97%, respectively. The time-on-stream of the catalyst for DEE synthesis showed that the catalyst remained stable and active without any appreciable loss in activity and selectivity for the time duration of 41h.

Diethyl Ether Production Process with Various Catalyst Type

Several H-zeolite and HZSM-5 catalysts was preparated and their characters have also been investigated. H-zeolit Catalyst was preparated from Natural Zeolite that obtained from Malang District and Gunung Kidul District. Diethyl ether was produced by Ethanol with concentration of 95%. This research use fixed bed reactor that 1 gram of catalyst as bed catalyst, atmospheric pressure and temperature 140 o C as the operating condition. Ethanol vapor from vaporization tank was driven by 200 ml/min Nitrogen stream. The responds in this research is liquid product concentration; diethyl ether, ethanol, methanol and water concentration. The results showed that the largest ethanol conversion was produced by the use of 56.44% HZSM-5 and the largest yield of diethyl ether diethyl was produced by the use of alumina and H-zeolite catalyst. The larger ratio between natural zeolite with HCl solvent will produce the larger surface area of catalyst and ethanol conversion. The largest ethanol conversion was produced at reactan ratio 1:20. [Keywords: catalyst; ethanol conversion; dehydration process; yield of diethyl ether; natural zeolite].