Damià Barceló (Ed.): Fuel oxygenates

Analytical Methods for Fuel Oxygenates

A Concise Background on Fuel Oxygenates Fuel oxygenates are oxygencontaining compounds (e.g., ethers and alcohols) that are added to gasoline either to boost the octane rating, to make the fuel burn cleaner by increasing the oxygen content, or to achieve a combination of both. The most commonly used oxygenates are methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and ethanol. Other oxygenates include tertiary...

Synthesis of Biomass-Derived Gasoline Fuel Oxygenates by Microwave Irradiation

Degradation of fuel oxygenates and their main intermediates by Aquincola tertiaricarbonis L108.

Growth of Aquincola tertiaricarbonis L108 on the fuel oxygenates methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) and tert-amyl methyl ether (TAME), as well as on their main metabolites tert-butyl alcohol (TBA), tert-amyl alcohol (TAA) and 2-hydroxyisobutyrate (2-HIBA) was systematically investigated to characterize the range and rates of oxygenate degradation by this strain. The e...

Oxygenates Natural Attenuation : Is Dilution the Solution ?

The term “Natural Attenuation” (NA) has been defined as “naturally occurring processes in soil and groundwater environments that act without human intervention to reduce the mass, toxicity, mobility, volume, or concentration of contaminants in those media” (Wiedemeier et al., 1999). This popular definition goes on to mention that the “in-situ” processes of NA include biodegradation, dispersion,...

Hydrogenation of Biomass Derived Oxygenates