Sentences with phrase «percent ethanol»

A 5 percent ethanol solution was no more effective than water at cutting the burn.

Studies have shown that using fuels composed of more than 85 percent ethanol reduce a variety of air pollutants.

Today, most gasoline contains 10 percent ethanol by volume.

EPA approved the use of 15 percent ethanol in newer model vehicles yesterday, drawing fire from environmental groups and the auto industry

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to block E-15, gasoline that has 15 percent ethanol mixed with it.

To determine the quantity and activity of antioxidants in fructus lycii, researchers at Australia's Monash University School of Pharmacy analyzed a 95 percent ethanol extract of the fruit.

This year the Indy 500 switched to a fuel containing 85 percent ethanol as opposed to 100 percent fuel ethanol.

They dipped the biofilms for a couple of minutes in different liquids, including red wine, red wine without the alcohol, red wine spiked with grape seed extract, and water and 12 percent ethanol for comparison.

And while they could not obtain a full - length DNA barcode from the mescal, when they repeated the process on the 95 percent ethanol preservatives used for the freshly collected specimens, their success rate was near perfect.

«This year we are running 10 percent ethanol under the ALMS regulations, but we've been prepared to run fuel with ethanol content for some time,» he noted.

Unfortunately, the Denali is not offered with FlexFuel capability — the ability to run on gasoline using up to 85 percent ethanol content — although the Sierra SLT offers the option for $ 100 on the 5.3 - liter.

As we approach the 10 percent ethanol threshold in our fuel mix, which could mean substantial economic harm to American consumers, it is imperative that Congress revisit this broken RFS policy.

Reynolds even believes that if ethanol production hits 10 billion gallons and consumers embrace E85 — the 85 percent ethanol mix — a dedicated pipeline from the Midwest to the East Coast could make economic sense, although the conventional wisdom remains against him.

In an animal study, published in 2011 in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, the researchers gave mice that react badly to insulin feed containing 1 percent ethanol extract of Artemisia dracunculus [PMI5011].

Both the 4.3 L and 5.3 L engines are certified to run on E85 (an 85 - percent ethanol blend).

However, greater than 10 percent ethanol in outdoor power equipment can corrode metals and rubber and cause engines to break down more quickly.

It is conveniently 20 percent ethanol, meaning it is a 40 - proof hard liquor and saving you the trouble of hitting the liquor store.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), as part of a coalition of food, farm and oil industry groups, filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court asking that it reverse the DC Circuit Court's August 2012 decision to dismiss its challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to allow gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol («E15») to be sold for cars manufactured in the 2007 model year or later.

Seventy percent of new cars in Brazil are sold with «flex fuel» engines, which can run on pure gasoline or E85, a blend of up to 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, and the Brazilian government has announced that it will wean itself from foreign oil imports completely by the end of this year.

At least 1,000 crop dusters in Brazil have already logged «over 650,000 hours in spray operation on 100 percent ethanol,» says Max Shauck, director of the Baylor Institute for Air Science.

China, too, has developed a taste for biofuel, with officials in nine provinces requiring that automobile fuel contain 10 percent ethanol.

The most concentrated ethanol on the U.S. market, E85 (a blend with gasoline that is 85 percent ethanol), was selling at $ 3.41 a gallon this spring, according to the most recent government tracking.

If you then combine that with E85 fuel, which is 15 percent gasoline and 85 percent ethanol, you just got a 320 - mile - per - gallon SUV because the efficiency times the biofuel saving of oil multiplies.

The next day, mice were split into two groups: one control group received water, and the other received water mixed with 20 percent ethanol — drinking alcohol — in their water bottles for two hours.

Indresh Mathur, Ph.D., who gave one of the talks, explained that cars on streets and highways in the U.S. run on a mixture of 90 percent unleaded gasoline and 10 percent ethanol.

One of the most widely used sustainable alternatives to petrol world - wide is bioethanol — in the United States gasoline is typically sold as a blend with up to 10 percent ethanol.

In the United States, gasoline typically contains up to 10 percent ethanol and corn grain is the primary feedstock of ethanol, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

As attorney general, Pruitt in 2013 filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in which he argued the EPA ignored the risks that gasoline with more than 10 percent ethanol can pose to cars» fuel systems as well as the RFS requirement's possible effect on food prices.

In a few areas, primarily the Midwest, a blend that is 85 percent ethanol (E85) is also sold for use in vehicles that have so - called flex - fuel engines.

Today more than 40 percent of the gasoline sold in the U.S. contains ethanol — typically premixed with gasoline to make a blend called E10 that is 90 percent gasoline, 10 percent ethanol.

And therein lies the challenge of the X PRIZE: With six different power sources — including 22 battery - powered electric vehicles, two cars running on biodiesel, one car running on compressed natural gas, two running on conventional diesel, six capable of burning 85 percent ethanol, and 16 improving the efficiency of burning conventional gasoline — how do you compare efficiency?

The yeast prion amyloid fibers are also remarkably resilient, able to withstand exposure to extended high temperatures, high and low salt, strong alkalis and acids, and 100 percent ethanol.

According to the researchers, hand sanitizers often contain up to 60 percent to 90 percent ethanol or isopropyl alcohol, as well as scents that children might find appealing.

Subjects were given doses of ginseng ranging from 2 to 16 ml of fluid extract, 33 percent ethanol, from one to three times daily for up to 60 days.

Ethanol can be blended with gasoline in varying quantities; most spark - ignited gasoline - style engines will operate well with mixtures of 10 percent ethanol (E10).

E85, a mixture of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent unleaded gasoline, is an alternative fuel for use in flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs).

Separately, there's a flex - fuel version of the 5.3 L than can run on a fuel mix of 85 percent ethanol.

As part of the series» «green racing» initiative, the most successful team in ALMS history is using a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline in the demanding arena of endurance road racing.

The Corvette Z06 E85 Concept pace car is based on the production Z06 — already one of the fastest and most powerful cars on the market — and is powered by E85, which consists of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.

The 6.2L - equipped Ford E-Series will be flex fuel compatible, so that drivers can run unleaded gasoline, or any mix of gas and ethanol up to E85 (85 percent ethanol).

The 400 - horsepower twin turbo BioPower V - 6 is fueled by 100 - percent ethanol, a renewable and sustainable energy source that reduces vehicle emissions.

After winning its seventh consecutive GT1 manufacturers and team championships in 2007 using E10 (10 percent ethanol), Corvette Racing's twin Compuware C6.R race cars made the transition to E85 for the 2008 season.

In addition, Chevy cites numbers of 380 horsepower and 416 pound - feet of torque when running on E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are renewing efforts to block the use of E-15, or gasoline with 15 percent ethanol.

The engine can also be had with the ability to run on a blend up of up to 85 percent ethanol (E85).

This engine also can operate on a mixture of up to 85 percent ethanol fuel, or E85, if you can find it.

The Onix can run on 100 percent ethanol, or a flex - fuel mixture.