The common
ethanol blend E10, otherwise known as gasohol, is made up of 10 % ethanol and 90 % gasoline sold throughout the US.
Not exact matches
Ethanol contains 33 percent less energy per gallon than gasoline, so engines fueled with higher ethanol blended gas will attain fewer miles per gallon than those running on conventional gasoline
Ethanol contains 33 percent less energy per gallon than gasoline, so engines fueled with higher
ethanol blended gas will attain fewer miles per gallon than those running on conventional gasoline
ethanol blended gas will attain fewer miles per gallon than those running on conventional gasoline (
E10).
As biofuel mandates increase, the
ethanol volume required for
blending into gasoline will exceed 10 percent — known as the «
E10 Blend Wall.»
If CAFE drops gasoline demand from 140 billion gallons per year to 100 billion gallons, and the RFS requires 36 billion gallons of
ethanol by 2022, the current
blend of
E10 (gasoline with 10 percent
ethanol) will need to be increased to E40 nationwide.
The station offers a full range of
ethanol and biodiesel
blends:
E10, E85, B5, B20 and B100.
(2) Hydrous
Ethanol — The use of hydrous ethanol blends of E10, E20, E30 and E85 in motor vehicles specifically selected for test purposes will be permitted on a trial basis until January 1
Ethanol — The use of hydrous
ethanol blends of E10, E20, E30 and E85 in motor vehicles specifically selected for test purposes will be permitted on a trial basis until January 1
ethanol blends of
E10, E20, E30 and E85 in motor vehicles specifically selected for test purposes will be permitted on a trial basis until January 1, 2012.
API Downstream Group Director Bob Greco told reporters EPA is right to use its waiver authority to set the requirements below the original congressional mandate, calling it an acknowledgment of the «market limitations of the
ethanol blend wall» — the amount of
ethanol that can be safely
blended into the fuel supply as
E10 gasoline that's standard across the country.
As the justices acknowledge, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) will soon require refiners to sell more
ethanol than can be
blended as
E10.
Reformulated gasolines absorbed the mandated
ethanol volumes that stayed under the
E10 blend wall (
E10).
But the mandated
ethanol volumes ratcheted up over time, and eventually, staying under the
E10 blend wall would not be possible.
With an
E10 blend wall, the full volume of
ethanol mandated could no longer be met.
The level of gasoline consumption limits the amount of
ethanol that may be used in the gasoline pool at any fixed
blending level, such as the 10 %
ethanol blend (
E10) that is predominant in the current U.S. gasoline supply.