Octane rating increasing

Small amounts of tert butyl methyl ether increase the octane rating of gasoline Before environmental concerns placed limits on its use the demand for MTBE exceeded the supply... 

Reforming (Section 2 16) Step in oil refining in which the pro portion of aromatic and branched chain hydrocarbons in petroleum is increased so as to improve the octane rating of gasoline... 

By the early 1930s, thermal cracking had achieved a fairly high level of operation. Both the Dubbs (UOP) and Tube-and-Tank (Jersey Standard) Processes represented the state of the art in the field. Between the end of World War I, when the Burton Process was still revolutionary, and the early 1930s, octane ratings of gasoline increased 36 percent. This improvement resulted from the existence of more advanced thermal plants and the increasing use of additives, espe-... 

Isoforming A process for increasing the octane rating of thermally cracked gasolines by catalytic isomerization over silica/alumina. Terminal alkenes are thus converted to nonterminal alkenes. Developed by Standard Oil Company of Indiana in the 1940s. 

NExETHERS A process for converting C5, C6, and C7 olefins to ethers for blending into gasoline to increase its octane rating. The process resembles Nextame but uses additional methanol to increase the yield of ethers. 

RCH [Ruhrchemie] A process for increasing the octane rating of gasolines by catalytic isomerization of the olefin fraction, the double bonds migrating from the terminal positions. Developed by Ruhr Chemie in the 1940s. 

Selectoforming A process for increasing the octane rating of a petroleum fraction by selectively cracking the n-pcntanc and n-hcxanc in it. The catalyst is a metal-loaded synthetic zeolite. Developed by Mobil Corporation and first commercialized in the mid-1960s. 

The other large-scale ethanol user is the USA, where ethanol has been used to increase the octane rating of gasoline, to decrease carbon monoxide emissions, and, more recently, to replace MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether) in reformulated gasoline. Ethanol production in the USA grew from about 0.6 billion liters in 1980 to... 

Uses Laboratory reagent for detecting double bonds in organic compounds oxidizer in rocket propellants monopropellant increase octane rating for diesel fuel. 

There are other processes that are used to refine petroleum into useful products. These are important processes for the gasoline fraction because they increase the octane rating. Some are used to increase the percentage of crude oil that can be used for gasoline. These processes are also important in the production of the key organic chemicals shown in Table 7.1, so we should be familiar with them. 

This is not always easy to do, so an alternate acetone source is required. In fact, isopropyl alcohol may become attractive again since cumene can be used to increase octane ratings in unleaded gasoline, and phenol, as a plywood adhesive, has its ups and downs with the housing industry. The percentage distribution of the two methods is given in Table 10.4. 

Not mentioned in the table is the direct use of methanol as fuel for automobiles. It is added in small amounts to gasoline, sometimes as a blend with other alcohols such as f-butyl alcohol, to increase octane ratings and lower the price of the gasoline. Experimentation is even being done on vehicles that bum pure methanol. This fuel use is usually captive but a good estimate is that it may account for almost 10% of the methanol produced. 

Lead. The use of unleaded gasoline is rapidly allowing a solution to this problem. But is the increasing use of aromatic hydrocarbons, necessary for acceptable octane ratings in unleaded gasoline, causing... 

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