Sentences with phrase «higher octane rating»

Higher octane ratings correlate to higher activation energies: the amount of applied energy required to initiate combustion.

Many people are unaware that ethanol is has an extremely high octane rating, typically over 105, while high - grade gasoline rarely exceeds 93.

Using higher volume blends of ethanol to leverage the alcohol's inherent high octane rating to produce ethanol - gasoline blends with higher octane numbers could yield «substantial societal benefits», according to a team of researchers from Ford Motor Company.

Ethanol has a much higher octane rating (about 109) than gasoline.

It has a high octane rating and excellent properties for spark - ignited internal combustion engines.

A fuel with a higher octane rating is less prone to auto - ignition and can withstand a greater rise in temperature during the compression stroke of an internal combustion engine without auto - igniting, thus allowing more power to be extracted from the Otto - Cycle.

«Of course, performance is what counts in racing, so E85 ethanol's higher octane rating than gasoline wasn't overlooked by the Corvette Racing engineers.»

Simply stated, premium fuel has a higher octane rating than regular gasoline.

Both ethanol and methanol have high octane ratings, so engines set up for running alcohol fuels all the time can run very high compression ratios.

Unfortunately, the «flex fuel» vehicles sold can't take advantage of the high octane rating of E85, because the engines need to also burn regular gas.

A group of researchers from MIT found that when vehicles run on fuel with a higher octane rating, they gulp down between 3 % and 4.5 % less gas.

A product of petroleum refining, propane is available for vehicular use and has a high octane rating.