Clean conversion of methanol to high octane components on ZnI2 catalyst
Published in Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 2020
Weiwei Chen, Rui Zong, Jigang Zhao, Xiaolong Zhou, Chenglie Li
The increase in oil yield and triptane yield indicates that tertbutanol really promotes the whole reaction. It participates in the main reaction path. Although excessive tertbutanol will not participate in the main reaction pathway, it converts to byproducts, including 2,4,4-trimethy-1-pentene 2,4,4-trimethyl-2-pentene and 3,4,4-trimethyl-2-pentene, which can all be hydrogenated to provide isooctane with MON near 100 and can therefore be used as ideal components for aviation gasoline blends. Therefore, it may be used as a process for co-production of both triptane and isooctane and both of them are ideal constituents in aviation gasoline formulation.