Review of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) manufacture and its characteristics as a fuel additive

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 2-29

  Pacheco, Michael A ^a   Marshall, Christopher L ^a,b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL ADDITIVES; GASOLINE; GLYCOLS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; PROPYLENE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DIMETHYL CARBONATE (DMC); LIQUID TRANSPORTATION FUEL; PHOSGENE;

CARBONATES;

EID: 0030736233     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef9600974     Document Type: Review

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