Chongqing develops auto-use ethanol gasoline

Shanghai, January 16 (Gasgoo.com) A new type of vehicle-use ethanol gasoline was successfully developed in Chongqing city recently and has been approved by industry experts and regulators for production, said xinhuanet.com today, citing the municipality's economic regulator.

This new type of ethanol gasoline is made out of industrial alcohol and its manufacturing cost is lower than the common type which is under use in some cities, said Chongqing Development and Reform Commission. The Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Chongqing City Construction Investment Corporation began to develop the vehicle-use ethanol gasoline three years ago.

The new type of ethanol gasoline is composed of 5% hydrous industrial alcohol, component oil of gasoline and a kind of self-developed compound additive. Vehicles that use this kind of ethanol gasoline will have the same power as from the common gasoline but can reduce the exhaust emissions by 30%.

The ethanol gasoline currently used by vehicles in some Chinese is made of the ethanol with water contents below 0.8%, but the cost of changing the industry alcohol into water-less ethanol is prohibitively higher.

Replacing the water-less ethanol with industry alcohol in the ethanol gasoline making will save more energy, cut the cost and obviate the need for water prevention in the special fuel's storage, shipping, sales and use.