Pool octanes via oxygenates

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6053887

Prezelj, M

Increasingly stringent antipollution regulations placed on automobile exhaust gases with consequent reduction or complete lead ban from motor gasoline result in octane shortage at many manufacturing sites. Attractive solutions to this problem, especially in conjunction with abundant methanol supplies, are the hydration and etherification of olefins contained in light product streams from cracking unit or produced by field gas dehydrogenation. A comparison is made between oxygenates octane-volume pool contributions and established refinery technologies. Process reviews for bulk manufacture of fuel-grade isopropanol (IPA), secondary butanol (SBA), tertiary butanol (TBA), methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and tertiary amyl methyl ether (TAME) are presented together with the characteristic investment and operating data. The implantation of these processes into a typical FCCU refinery complex with the resulting octane-pool improvement possibilities is descried.

• Research Organization: Edeleanu Gesellschaft mbH, Frankfurt/Main
• OSTI ID: 6053887
• Journal Information: Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States), Journal Name: Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States) Vol. 66:9; ISSN HYPRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALCOHOLS
ALKENES
ALKYL RADICALS
ANTIKNOCK RATINGS
AUTOMOBILES
BUTANOLS
BUTYL ETHER
CATALYTIC CRACKING
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CRACKING
DECOMPOSITION
DEHYDROGENATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
EMISSION
ETHERS
EXHAUST GASES
FLUIDS
FUEL ADDITIVES
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
GASOLINE
HYDRATION
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LIQUID FUELS
METHYL ETHER
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PENTYL RADICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
PRODUCTION
PROPANOLS
PYROLYSIS
RADICALS
REVIEWS
SOLVATION
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
UNLEADED GASOLINE
VEHICLES
WASTES