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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

Experiments have even shown that the evaporation of the water in the intake manifold acts as a charge air cooling, which improves the volumetric efficiency and thereby the overall efficiency of the engine. d) further provides for alcohol blends as follows: Special provisions for alcohol blends. (1) 40 CFR ยง 80.27(d)