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HERO ID
3486711
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Physical properties of gasoline, isobutanol and ETBE binary blends in comparison with gasoline ethanol blends
Author(s)
Miguel Rodriguez-Anton, L; Gutierrez-Martin, F; Doce, Y
Year
2016
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Fuel
ISSN:
0016-2361
EISSN:
1873-7153
Volume
166
Page Numbers
73-78
DOI
10.1016/j.fuel.2015.10.106
Web of Science Id
WOS:000365627700011
Abstract
The addition of renewable fuels to gasoline, such as bio-alcohols or bio-ethers is required in order to be in compliance with current environmental directives. Nevertheless, they change fuel properties which could affect standards compliance, engine performance and air emissions. This paper studies the impact of ethanol (EtOH), isobutanol (iBtOH) or ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) on the Reid Vapour Pressure (RVP), distillation curves, density and other related gasoline properties, which belong to the group of relevant specifications that affect engine operation. The main conclusion is that the addition of ETBE or iBtOH has important advantages over EtOH in terms of energy density, air/fuel ratio, vapour pressure, renewable content and other effects; it was also found that the addition of ETBE affects equally and linearly the properties of two kinds of base gasolines as compared with other studies. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Gasoline; ETBE; Isobutanol; Distillation curve; Reid Vapour Pressure; Density
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IRIS
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ETBE
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Chemical analysis/fuel chemistry
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