To explore new and multifunctional additives for methanol-gasoline, tartaric ester were synthesized and screened as phase stabilizer and saturation vapor pressure depressor for methanol-gasoline. The effect of the esters’ structure on the efficiency was discussed. The results show that the stabilities of the blends depend on the length of the glycolic esters’ alkoxy group. In addition, the tartaric esters also can depress the saturation vapor pressure of methanol-gasoline effectively in M15. Effect of the structure on the efficiency was also discussed.


Jie Zhang, Changchun Yang, Ying Tang, Qiulong Du, Na Song and Zhifang Zhang