Legacy Vehicle Fuel System Testing with Intermediate Ethanol Blends

Authors

Gregory W. Davis, Kettering University
Craig Hoff, Kettering UniversityFollow
Zackery Borton, Kettering University
Matthew A. Ratcliff, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Document Type

Technical Paper

Publication Date

3-1-2012

Publication Title

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Abstract

The goal of this project is to make a high-level compatibility assessment of legacy vehicle fuel system components to intermediate blends of gasoline and ethanol, specifically focusing on vehicles produced in the mid-1990s. These vehicles were designed before ethanol was a common gasoline component; therefore, their tolerance to higher concentrations of ethanol is not certain.

First Page

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Last Page

125

Comments

This project was sponsored by Dennis Smith at the U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Program under the Clean Cities program.

Rights

© 2012 National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.

Recommended Citation

Davis, Gregory W.; Hoff, Craig; Borton, Zackery; and Ratcliff, Matthew A., "Legacy Vehicle Fuel System Testing with Intermediate Ethanol Blends" (2012). Mechanical Engineering Publications. 4.
https://digitalcommons.kettering.edu/mech_eng_facultypubs/4