Production of Gasolines and Monocyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: From Fossil Raw Materials to Green Processes

Guido Busca
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Guido Busca: Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, The University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia 15, 16145 Genova, Italy

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 13, 1-32

Abstract: The properties and the applications of the main monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, styrene, and the three xylene isomers) and the industrial processes for their manufacture from fossil raw materials are summarized. Potential ways for their production from renewable sources with thermo-catalytic processes are described and discussed in detail. The perspectives of the future industrial organic chemistry in relation to the production of high-octane bio-gasolines and monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as renewable chemical intermediates are discussed.

Keywords: bio-gasoline; pyrolysis; hydrodeoxygenation; hydrocarbons; aromatics from renewables; renewable intermediates; green chemistry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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