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Old 07-03-2022, 04:50 AM   #182 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
The combustion temperature of ethanol in air is very close to that of gasoline in air. If you vaporize the ethanol completely and then put it in a high compression ratio engine made to take advantage of the cooling effect, you'll have even higher temperatures than gasoline since the higher heating value is greater per unit oxygen consumed.
Do you think something with a more Diesel-like compression ratio, and the heated injectors fitted to newer Brazilian flexfuel cars?
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