Impact of simultaneous ETBE and ethanol addition on motor gasoline properties

SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1584-1594

  Karonis, Dimitrios ^a   Anastopoulos, George ^a   Lois, Evripidis ^a   Stournas, Stamoulis ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EC DIRECTIVES; ETHANOL ADDITION; ETHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; EU COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN UNION; GASOLINE BLENDS; GASOLINE SAMPLES; GASOLINE-ETHANOL BLEND; LOWER VAPOR PRESSURE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MOTOR GASOLINES; OCTANE NUMBERS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SPECIFICATION LIMIT; TRANSPORT FUEL;

BIOETHANOL; BLENDING; DISTILLATION; ETHERS; GASOLINE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS;

ETHANOL;

EID: 77953255082     PISSN: 19463952     EISSN: 19463960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2008-01-2503     Document Type: Article

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