Gasahol Update

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So what your saying is that if you have ethanol rich gasoline, just add
water and shake and what your left with is gasoline without ethanol.

Sounds like a good way to purify gasoline.

Except for the gas that now contains .7% water. I know, burn the gas, and
it will leave the water!

No? Oh well, it was an idea. Not a very good one, but an idea,
nevertheless. ;-)
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Jim in NC

In rec.aviation.owning Morgans wrote:
: Except for the gas that now contains .7% water. I know, burn the gas, and
: it will leave the water!

.... and probably lower octane than it is rated at. One of the benefits of
adding alcohol to gasoline (for the refinery) is that it typically raises the octane
rating a few points. 100% ethanol has an octane rating of 100 or so. They can blend
crappier mixes of gasoline with ethanol to make the 87 A.K.I rating.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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