Handbook of MTBE and Other Gasoline Oxygenates

Halim Hamid, Mohammad Ashraf Ali

Introduction; Properties of MTBE and MTBE-Gasoline Blends; Properties of MTBE and Other Oxygenates; Blending Properties of MTBE and Other Oxygenates in Gasoline; Synthesis and Production of Ethers; Zeolites as Catalysts for Ether Synthesis Francois; Fluorinated Zeolite-Based Catalysts; Heteropolyacids as the Catalysts for MTBE Synthesis; Ethanol-Based Oxygenates from Biomass; Catalytic Distillation Technology Applied to Ether Production; Commercial Production of Ethers; Kinetics and Thermodynamic of MTBE Reaction; Kinetics of Tertiary Alkyl Ether Synthesis; Datta; Thermodynamics of Ether; Remediation and Fate of MTBE in Water; Air Control Technologies for MTBE (Bioremediation Aspects of MTBE); MTBE Removal by Air Stripping and Advanced Oxidation Processes; Adsorption Process for the Removal of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) from Drinking; Impact of MTBE Phaseout on the Refining and Petrochemical Industries; Impact of MTBE Phaseout on the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries; Index.