MMT increases octane while reducing emissions

Journal Article · Mon Mar 11 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Oil and Gas Journal; (USA)

OSTI ID:5818350

Hollrah, D P; Burns, A M ^[1]

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1. Ethyl Petroleum Additives Inc., St. Louis, MO (US)

Tighter emissions standards and lower aromatics specifications are focusing attention on new blending agents and MMT to replace lost octane quality. MMT is methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl. Ethers will pay a prominent role as components of U.S. gasoline in the 1990s. Their blending characteristics are a good fit with the probable requirements for reformulated gasoline. Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) has already become an important gasoline blending agent in the U.S. It is being used in many of the reformulated gasolines that have already been introduced into the U.S. market. Refiners have found that MTBE is relatively inexpensive to produce and is competitively priced with other octane blending agents currently available.

• OSTI ID: 5818350
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (USA), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (USA) Vol. 89:10; ISSN OIGJA; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020900 -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
023000* -- Petroleum-- Properties & Composition
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ADDITIVES
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
ANTIKNOCK RATINGS
BUTYL ETHER
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMPLEXES
ETHERS
FUEL ADDITIVES
FUELS
GASOLINE
LIQUID FUELS
MANGANESE COMPLEXES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPLEXES