The most likely thing to replace MTBE in gasoline is ethanol -- normal alcohol. It is somewhat more expensive than MTBE, but it is not a cancer threat.
Gasoline with up to 10% ethanol (gasohol) or up to 15% methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), is acceptable. Some fuel stations are now selling gasoline with up to 15% ethanol. This E15 product is not recommended or approved for use in small engines. A canned fuel product can also be ...
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If Not, Why is It so Popular? The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 require that gasoline used in the United States hasadditives that oxygenate the fuel. The most common oxygenate was MTBE, which is being phasedout due to harmful effects on human health. Both the Hous... M Mccormick,S ...
Basically, ethanol is obtained from burning methane, coal, diesel fuel, gasoline, corn kernels, soil and environment. We destroy perhaps as many as 7 units of free energy in the environment and human economy to produce 1 unit of free energy as corn ethanol, and make a few clueless ...
laboratory found that it takes approximately three BTUs of energy to produce four BTUs of corn ethanol. Gasoline, on the other hand, takes five BTUs of energy to produce the same four BTUs. Although the net energy from ethanol production is greater than that of gasoline, gasoline is still...
Japan to begin biogasoline in November Today, the properties of petrol are generally enhanced through improving the chemical structure of petrol, upgrading production technologies and adding the required amount of oxygenates (MTBE, ETBE, etc.), the octane number whereof, as determined by the method...
Geest RFG Fresh Cook, which is a 50-50 joint venture with chicken supplier Rannoch Food Group, will include Geest's existing business. Geest cooks up healthier meals Since 1995, the CAA has required reformulated gasoline (RFG) to be used year-round in those cities. Making MTBE history year...
Two UOP Merox units will be used to treat mix C3's for propylene production, and mixed C4's to make clean-fuels blending components, including MTBE from a UOP Ethermax unit. Honeywell wins Al Zour contract There could be cuts, for the first time in the history of UoP, from the salarie...
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Wikipedia AcronymDefinition BTEXBenzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene(volatile organic compounds) BTEXBenzol, Toluol, Ethylbenzol, Xylole(German: Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene; volatile organic compo...