Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is now widely used as a blending stock for the production of high octane and unleaded gasoline. Catalytic distillation techniques have been developed for the production of MTBE to reduce the investment and operation costs. Because the particle size of the catalyst is v
Hydrolysis of tert-butyl formate: Kinetics, products, and implications for the environmental impact of methyl tert-butyl ether
โ Scribed by Clinton D. Church; James F. Pankow; Paul G. Tratnyek
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 184 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0730-7268
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An experimental investigation in a conventional static apparatus of the oxidation of equim01ecular methyl tea-butyl ether (MTBE)-oxygen mixtures has shown that MTBE oxidizes far less readily than alkanes like neopentane or 2,2dimethylhotane. In the investigated pressure (up to 1000 Tort) and tempera
Synthesis of methyl tert-butyl ether (abbreviated as MTBE) from methanol (MeOH) and tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) in the liquid phase was studied by using Amberlyst 15 in the Hi form as an acid catalyst. Experiments were carried out in a stirred batch reactor at different temperatures (313, 318, and 323