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. Lü et al. 2007.01.002. Shibata, et al.

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Alcohol Blend Fuel Range Gasoline 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

A control module determines mechanical and electrical power demands in respond to driver input and a state of charge of the electrical energy storage device. Fuels can include gasoline blends, and alcohol blended hydrocarbon fuel grades. Ethanol blended hydrocarbon fuels can include higher ethanol blends (e.g.

Extended Range 400

Extended Range Plug-in Engine GM 400

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2014

The alternative fuel types to be addressed under this FOA are specified by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and are: Methanol, ethanol, and other alcohols. Blends of 85% or more of alcohol with gasoline. Natural gas and liquid fuels domestically produced from natural gas. Liquefied petroleum gas (propane).

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Alternative Fuels Alcohol Blend Fuel Vehicles 240

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2014

This includes training for technicians and service personnel that will be operating and maintaining AFVs, and the associated fueling/re-charging infrastructure and service facilities, as well as tow-truck operators and automotive salvage/recycling operators that are dealing with wrecked vehicles and equipment end-of-life processes.

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Alternative Fuels Fuel Alcohol Blend Vehicles 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2015

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.

Engine 150

Engine Fuel GM Ford 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

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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Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric 317