Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2011

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. The patent application covers blends of between 5% and 95% alcohol.

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Alcohol Blend Fuel Range Exhaust 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Results of a study led by a team from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on the impact of butanol-gasoline blends on light-duty vehicle emissions suggest that widespread deployment of n-butanol or i-butanol in the gasoline pool could result in changes to the estimated emissions of alcohols and carbonyls in the emissions inventory.

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Gasoline Alcohol Blend Light Emissions 236

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2019

This work will help the research community better understand the efficiencies that biofuels bring to the table, and identifies the biofuels that enable more efficient engine design and operation. These blendstocks are best-suited for light-duty (LD) gasoline BSI engines.

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Engine Alcohol Blend Idaho Davis 207

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2014

DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) anticipates that many different projects will be proposed and encourages new and innovative approaches that are projected to have a high impact. Blends of 85% or more of alcohol with gasoline. Electricity.

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Alcohol Blend Alternative Fuels Fuel Vehicles 240

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? —Co-Optima capstone report.

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Alcohol Blend Fuel Engine Fuel Economy 243

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2019

While fuel economy ratings of today’s cars significantly outstrip those of just a decade ago, cost-effective efficiency improvements remain limited by existing engine designs and fuel formulas. —NREL Vehicle Technologies Program Manager John Farrell.

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Alcohol Blend Fuel Economy Engine Fuel 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Model T Ford, which debuted in 1908, was originally designed to operate on alcohol. The Model T and Model A Fords were later designed to operate on either alcohol or gasoline or a blend of alcohol and gasoline. psi for all designated volatility attainment areas; and. 40 CFR § 80.27(d)

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