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DOE Co-Optima report identifies top ten bio-blendstocks for efficiency in boosted SI engines

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Six of these blendstocks had the fewest significant practical barriers to adoption and use: di-isobutylene; ethanol; isobutanol; n-propanol; isopropanol; and a fusel alcohol blend. United States: N. All the top-performing blendstocks showed potential to be produced at a competitive cost. Gaspar, Daniel J., West, Brian H.,

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DOE Co-Optima researchers identify 6 high-potential blendstocks

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Much of the Co-Optima research is focused on blendstocks which can be produced from a wide spectrum of domestic resources including renewable, non-food, domestic biomass such as forestry and agricultural waste, as well as petroleum or natural gas.

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

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Use of Hydrous Ethanol in the United States. Hydrous ethanol has been used in the United States as a transportation fuel for at least one hundred years. The Model T Ford, which debuted in 1908, was originally designed to operate on alcohol. Until fairly recently, these US motor vehicles were non-FFVs. 40 CFR ยง 80.27