Search for dissertations about: "mtbe"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word mtbe.

  2. 1. Ethers as gasoline additives : toxicokinetics and acute effects in humans

    Author : Annsofi Nihlén; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : acute effects; biological monitoring; ethyl tertiary-butyl ether; ETBE; man; methyl tertiary-butyl ether; MTBE; oxygenate; petrol; physiologically based toxicokinetic model; PBTK; PBPK; tertiary-butyl alcohol; TBA; toxicokinetics;

    Abstract : Ethers or other oxygen-containing compounds are used as replacements for lead in gasoline and to ensure complete combustion. Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) is already in use world-wide and ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ETBE) may be used increasingly in the future. READ MORE

  4. 2. Combustion Chemistry Investigation of Liquid and Solid Fuels

    Author : Åsa Håkansson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; gasoline; flame; GC MS; heptane; combustion; pyrolysis; kinetics; emissions; wood; RME;

    Abstract : The aim of this work was to study the combustion of liquid and solid fuels with the emphasis on intermediates and products. Depending on the structure and the complexity of the fuel different reactors and methods were used. Small-scale laboratory reactors were built and chemical analysis and evaluation methods were developed. Heptane. READ MORE