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ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company has filed a US patent application (# 20100326387 , published 30 December 2010) on methods using a wide range of fuel-alcohol blends to expand the operating envelope of engines operating in advanced combustion modes. Lü et al. 2007.01.002. Shibata, et al.

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Alcohol and gasoline-alcohol blends also offer efficiency benefits independent of their octane value. The concept of an “effective octane number” calculates overall knock resistance of fuel in modern engines, including the effects of charge cooling. —Leone et al. In their study, Leone et al.

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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 § 80.27(d)

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