EPA may modify Du Pont waiver for methanol fuel blends

Journal Article · Mon Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 1985 · Chem. Eng. News; (United States)

OSTI ID:5924901

Anderson, E V

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted a Clean Air ACt waiver to DuPont's blendstock of methanol and other cosolvent alcohols for use in unleaded gasoline. The waiver included some stringent fuel volatility requirements to control evaporative emissions that have kept the waiver from becoming the marketing tool for fuel alcohols that everyone expected it to be. EPA seems willing to amend the waiver as long as evaporative emissions controls are kept, but there are some difficult procedural issues to resolve first. To date, only small amounts of alcohol blends have been sold under the DuPont waiver because the blendstock tends to increase the volatility of gasoline.

• Research Organization: C and EN, New York, NY
• OSTI ID: 5924901
• Journal Information: Chem. Eng. News; (United States), Journal Name: Chem. Eng. News; (United States)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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