Etherification rates of 2-methyl-2-butene and 2-methyl-1-butene with ethanol for environmentally clean gasoline production

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-161

  Oktar, Nuray ^a   Mürtezaoǧlu, Kirali ^a   Doǧu, Gülşen ^a   Gönderten, Ilknur ^b   Doǧu, Timur ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

2 Methyl 1 butene (2M1B); 2 Methyl 2 butene (2M2B); Environmentally clean gasoline; Etherification; tert amyl ethyl ether (TAEE)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSIS; ETHANOL; ETHERS; GASOLINE; REACTION KINETICS;

ETHERIFICATION; LIQUID PHASE DIFFERENTIAL FLOW REACTOR; METHYL BUTENES; TERTIARY AMYL ETHYL ETHER;

BUTENES;

ALCOHOL; ALKENE; ETHER; GASOLINE; METHANOL; OCTANE; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; DIFFUSION; REACTOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0039723098     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(199902)74:2<155::AID-JCTB982>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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