Simultaneous enhancement of ethanol supplement in gasoline and its quality improvement

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1365-1370

  Kiatkittipong, Worapon ^a   Thipsunet, Piyaporn ^b   Goto, Shigeo ^c   Chaisuk, Choowong ^a   Praserthdam, Piyasan ^b   Assabumrungrat, Suttichai ^b  

^a SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blending Reid vapor pressure; Ethanol; Etherification; FCC gasoline; Fuel; Octane number

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BLENDING; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ENERGY RESOURCES; ETHERS; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; GASOHOL; GASOLINE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIQUID FUELS; OLEFINS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS; ZEOLITES;

AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS; AMBERLYST; COMMERCIAL CATALYSTS; CONVENTIONAL GASOLINES; CORROSION PROBLEMS; ETHANOL CONVERSIONS; ETHERIFICATION; FCC GASOLINE; FCC GASOLINES; OCTANE NUMBER; PRESSURIZED LIQUIDS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS; REID VAPOR PRESSURES; TROPICAL ZONES; ZEOLITE CATALYSTS;

ETHANOL;

EID: 56249125254     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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