Green Car Congress
MAY 1, 2009
A study by engineers from Mahle Powertrain Ltd and BP found strong synergy between spark ignition (SI) engine downsizing and fuel containing low-to-moderate amounts of alcohol, including ethanol and butanol. The team presented a paper on their work at the recent SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit. Cairns et al. SAE 2009-01-0138).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 26, 2013
In the study, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , they splash-blended certification gasoline with alcohols to produce four blends: ethanol (16 vol%); n-butanol (17 vol%); i-butanol (21 vol%); and an i-butanol (12 vol%)/ethanol (7 vol%) mixture.
Green Car Congress
JULY 18, 2014
The alternative fuel types to be addressed under this FOA are specified by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and are: Methanol, ethanol, and other alcohols. Blends of 85% or more of alcohol with gasoline. Natural gas and liquid fuels domestically produced from natural gas. Liquefied petroleum gas (propane).
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2020
Of these 10 blendstocks, six were assessed to have the fewest significant practical barriers to adoption which include alcohols and an olefine (alkene): di-isobutylene, ethanol, a fusel alcohol blend, isobutanol, n-propanol, and isopropanol. What Will Work in the Real World?
Green Car Congress
JUNE 28, 2019
—NREL Vehicle Technologies Program Manager John Farrell. At this June’s Vehicle Technologies Office Annual Merit Review Meeting, DOE honored the Co-Optima research team for its achievements. Farrell served as Co-Optima project leader from its early planning stages and 2015 launch through December 2018.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 26, 2014
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) intends to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement ( DE-FOA-0001097 ) entitled “Alternative Fuel and Advanced Vehicle Deployment Initiatives”. Blends of 85% or more of alcohol with gasoline.
Green Car Congress
JULY 8, 2015
CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Geely is committed to achieving the long-term goal of zero emissions mobility through a diverse suite of new energy solutions, including renewable methanol vehicle technology. Earlier post.)
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