New opportunities and challenges in production of methanol fuels

Conference · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5850239

Galloway, T R; Patterson, J

The authors present a review of the importance of higher alcohols in promoting the methanol fuel transition away from fossil-based gasoline. They discuss the improvements in engine performance and emissions that result in using neat methanol as contrasted with gasolinemethanol blends. At Hercules new catalysts for reacting CO and H/sub 2/ to form the higher alcohols are discussed and shown to offer the desired range of higher molecular weight compounds needed for blending methanol into a methanol fuel for the transportation industry.

• Research Organization: Hercules Energy Research Center, Ltd., Hercules, CA
• OSTI ID: 5850239
• Report Number(s): CONF-840804-
• Journal Information: Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States), Vol. 2; Conference: Intersociety energy conversion engineering conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 19 Aug 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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