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Co-Optima releases capstone report on first 4 years of work

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This research involves identifying the fuel properties and engine parameters that mitigate knock and emissions, while maximizing boosted SI efficiency and performance. Co-Optima estimations indicate that significant fuel economy improvements are possible with improvements to RON, S, and HOV. Source: Co-Optima capstone report.

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DOE Co-Optima researchers identify 6 high-potential blendstocks

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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.

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

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d) further provides for alcohol blends as follows: Special provisions for alcohol blends. (1) Ethanol (C 2 H 5 OH), otherwise known as ethyl alcohol, alcohol, or grain spirit, is a clear, colorless, flammable oxygenated hydrocarbon with a boiling point of 78.5 °C As used in this section and Sec.