dimethyl carbonate can also be used as gasoline additives
2006-07-07 16:20:49 · 6 answers · asked by kaye 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
It can be used in fuel, but it isn't produced biologically so how can it be a biogas? As a fuel it would make more sense to simply burn the methanol that DMC is produced from.
It has been proposed as a gasoline additive because of its high oxygen content. In particular it would replace MTBE as an oxgenation compound. However, most DMC is produced from methanol and phosgene. Methanol is primarily manufactured from natural gas for commercial purposes today, but could be made from coal, or biomass. Methanol is also known as wood alchohol because it was once commonly produced from wood. Phosgene is highly poisonous and has been used a chemical weapon.
Here is a pdf that describes production of DMC in detail:
http://www.nd.edu/~enviro/design/dmc.pdf.
2006-07-14 11:21:42 · answer #1 · answered by carbonates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-24 22:42:37 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, if the flash point is right and the burn products it gives off are not as bad as the emissions that gasoline gives. Might be possible, I'd think.
2006-07-16 13:32:04 · answer #3 · answered by thewordofgodisjesus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Subsequent use of water produced in the dehydration of methanol in ... All you need to know about how to make biogas is here on this website easybiogas.genuinecure.info
2014-10-17 17:28:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
DMC is itself a solvent, not a gas. It is not produced by the degradation of organic materials.
2006-07-19 20:14:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. But (a) do you have a large source of the stuff, and (b) a cost-effective means of doing so?
2006-07-07 16:25:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋