Combustion and Performance Characteristics of Methanol Plus Higher Alcohols in a Spark Ignition Engine: Final Report (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The transportation fuel industry is experiencing a time of change. Depletion of fossil petroleum reserves and increased costs of petroleum-derived fuels are forcing the industry toward alternative fuels. There is also an urgent need to develop cleaner-burning fuels to relieve the pressures of air pollution on our environment.

The best current Option for a future transportation fuel base appears to be methanol, a simple alcohol that can be abundantly produced from natural gas, coal or biomass. When synthesized from coal or biomass, the result is a mixture of methanol with small quantities of higher alcohols, such as ethanol, butanol and propanol. This methanol plus higher alcohols mixture (mpha), in combination with gasoline and additional ethanol, is likely to become the transportation fuel of the future. With some modifications.

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