Author(s)

Meng Yuan, Yuanyu Tian and Yingyun Qiao

Corresponding Author

Yuanyu Tian

ABSTRACT

Polymethoxy dimethyl ethers (PODEn) are the new kind of green and environment-friendly diesel fuel additive, which have excellent performance and great application potential because of their high cetane number, high oxygen content and non-intermiscibility gap between diesels. It can improve the diesel fuel’s cetane number and combustibility while reduce the emissions of pollutant. Thist work provides an overview of the progress of PODEn research in China and abroad, with the focus on the research background and significance, advantages of PODEn, synthesis methods, process and technology. Finally, potential applications of PODEn were analyzed, and it is prospected that they are favorable to be used as diesel blending compounds, solvents or low temperature flow improver for diesel fuel.

KEYWORDS

PODE, Diesel fuel additives, Research progress