FLEXIBILITY IN THE PRODUCTION OF CLEAN BURNING GASOLINE

摘要

Tighter controls are being placed on fuel composition to assist in reducing vehicleemissions. Gasoline sulfur levels, distillation properties, and oxygenate, aromatic and olefin content arethe targets of ever more stringent specifications. With tighter control on fuel properties, the refiner'smethods to produce gasoline are restrained. The antiknock additive methylcyclopentadienyl manganesetricarbonyl(MMT), provides the refiner with additional flexibility to meet gasoline specifications. Inaddition, the use of MMT can lead to reductions in vehicle emissions of Nox, and its N2O component,a potent greenhouse gas.