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CRC Press
381 pages
This handbook presents the outlook for future production and consumption of MTBE and other oxygenates worldwide and studies new catalytic systems and modern methods for the synthesis and commercial production of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and related ethers. The scope of this sophisticated guide extends from process chemistry fundamentals and reaction kinetics to environmental remediation technologies and industry responses to conflicting calls for MTBE phase-out and higher-octane products. Well-illustrated with over 200 figures and tables, this authoritative Handbook details bioremediation, air stripping, and oxidation and adsorption processes for MTBE removal.
Preface
Contributors
Introduction
Halim Hamid and Mohammad Ashraf Ali
PART PROPERTIES OF MTBE AND MTBE-GASOLINE BLENDS
Properties of MTBE and Other Oxygenates
Mohammad Ashraf Ali and Halim Hamid
Blending Properties of MTBE and Other Oxygenates in Gasoline
Mohammad Ashraf Ali and Halim Hamid
PART SYNTHESIS AND PRODUCTION OF ETHERS
Zeolites as Catalysts for Ether Synthesis
Franc¸ ois Collignon and Georges Poncelet
Fluorinated Zeolite-Based Catalysts
Raymond Le Van Mao and Tuan Si Le
Heteropolyacids as Catalysts for MTBE Synthesis
Adam Bielan´ski, Anna Malecka-Luban´ska, Joanna Poz´niczek, and Anna Micek-Ilnicka
Ethanol-Based Oxygenates from Biomass
Farid Aiouache and Shigeo Goto
Catalytic Distillation Technology Applied to Ether Production
Aspi K. Kolah, Liisa K. Rihko-Struckmann, and Kai Sundmacher
Commercial Production of Ethers
Harri Ja¨rvelin
PART KINETICS AND THERMODYNAMIC OF MTBE REACTION
Kinetics of tertiary-Alkyl Ether Synthesis
Faisal H. Syed, Prakob Kitchaiya, Kyle L. Jensen, Tiejun Zhang, Cory B. Phillips, and Ravindra Datta
Thermodynamics of Ether Production
Andrzej Wyczesany
PART REMEDIATION AND FATE OF MTBE IN WATER
Air Control Technologies for MTBE: Bioremediation Aspects of MTBE
Daniel P. Y. Chang
MTBE Removal by Air Stripping and Advanced Oxidation Processes
Cris B. Liban, Sun Liang, and I. H. (Mel) Suffet
Adsorption Process for the Removal of MTBE from Drinking Water
Tom C. Shih and I. H. (Mel) Suffet
PART IMPACT OF MTBE PHASEOUT ON THE REFINING AND PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
Impact of MTBE Phaseout on the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries
Blake T. Eskew and Christopher L. Geisler
Index
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