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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (93441)	11/12/2007 5:21:42 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 206110

Already? I was doing that quarter of a century ago. <The Chinese are already experimenting with blending methanol into gasoline. > We used M15 = 15% methanol. Too little and you risk phase separation due to water presence. I also invented Mq's diesel emulsion of methanol, water, heavy end diesel, emulsifier, diethyl ether [or dimethyl ether] as an ignition improver. I also designed a "universal fuel" = ethanol, water, sugar, vegetable oils, lecithin emulsifier, which could also be piped into the driver's compartment to keep him fueled. The water, methanol, ethanol, sugar, would be mixed so that the diesel density matched the blend so the watery drops wouldn't float or sink. The water would also act as an emissions reducer [by improving combustion]. The lecithin would be an excellent lubricity component. We did some test work at Sunbury in 1987 in diesel engines and it works fine. BP was heavily into emulsions in the 1980s [and might still be for all I know]. There would also be a tax advantage and fuel cost advantage as heavy ends could be used [cheap stuff], which are high density. To reduce the density down to normal levels the water would dilute it. Tax would be paid by volume for the high density components and the watery part added later [maybe even after the fuel tank on the truck]. Such heavy fuel would be excellent for long haul vehicles which run all day and night and are hot and not in cities so pollution wouldn't be an issue. In cities, little diesel vehicles would run high quality diesel. Starting is an issue with diesel engines and in cities, vehicles need good quality fuels. Mqurice