What is the new discovery about hydrous ethanol?
For the first time, HE Blends is demonstrating how hydrous ethanol can, in actuality, be used for ethanol/gasoline blending in place of anhydrous ethanol, when a minimum ethanol percentage and proper fuel formulation practices are maintained. In effect, this work revises and updates past common technical understandings of the fuel formulation properties of hydrous versus anhydrous ethanol, and the water tolerance of ethanol/gasoline blends applying hydrous ethanol. Once fully proven and accepted, this discovery means that all production of ethanol for fuel applications can eventually transition to less costly, more energy-efficient and environmentally effective hydrous ethanol, eliminating the extra processing and handling steps necessary to satisfy today’s anhydrous ethanol specifications.
