Property Analysis of Ethanol--Natural Gasoline--BOB Blends to Make Flex Fuel
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Ecoengineering, Inc., Sharonville, OH (United States)
Ten natural gasolines were analyzed for a wide range of properties, including Reid vapor pressure (RVP), benzene, sulfur, distillation, stability, metals, and aromatic content, to determine their quality. Benzene and sulfur content were sufficiently low in all but one of the samples that they could be blended without further upgrading. Four of these samples were selected to blend with blendstock for oxygenate blending (BOB) and ethanol to produce E51, E70, and E83 blends, targeting 7.8 and 9.0-psi finished fuels. The volume of each component in the blend was estimated using the Reddy model, with the assumption that the BOB and natural gasoline blend linearly and behave as a single component in the model calculations. Results show that the Reddy model adequately predicts the RVP of the finished blend for E51 and E70, but significantly underpredicts the RVP of E83 blends by nearly 2 psi. It is hypothesized that the underprediction is a function of the very low aromatic content of the E83 blends, even compared to the E51 and E70 blends.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USEPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality; USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1334996
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP-5400-67243
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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