The effect of heavy naphtha on the blended gasolines and oxygenates

M. E. Abd El-Fattah¹ , M. Y. El-Kady² and A. M. Batah³

¹Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia (Egypt). ²Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo (Egypt). ³El-Nasr Petroleum Company, Suez (Egypt)

ABSTRACT:

The aim of this paper is to study the effects of the use of heavy naphtha on the blended gasolines and oxygenated gasolines, and enhancing the octane number using different types of alcohols as oxygenates. In addition, reducing the tailpipe emissions is the second aim of this paper. Preparing a different blends of gasoline’s with four refinery streams which consists of reformate, isomerate, light naphtha and heavy naphtha in a different ratios gave us a low octane number, so iso-butanol and/or n-butanol were added as oxygenates by decreasing the isomerate, light naphtha and heavy naphtha ratios in the blends. Under the environmental consideration, using iso-butanol and/or n-butanol blended with gasoline is better than methanol because of its renewability and less toxicity. Based on economic and environmental considerations in Egypt, we are interested in studying the effects of iso-butanol and/or n-butanol contents in the gasoline blends fuel on the engine performance and pollutant emission of a commercial spark ignition (SI) engine.

KEYWORDS:

Gasolines and oxygenates; Heavy Naphtha

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