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Development of a Pure Methanol Fuel Car
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Methanol as a fuel for spark ignition engines offers a lot of advantages in comparison to gasoline. Results of a prototype passenger car fueled with pure methanol show promising aspects of lower energy consumption, higher energy output and more favorable emission figures.
Modifications on the engine are limited, the unfavorable cold start and warm up behavior of pure methanol can be eliminated by the use of suitable additives.
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Menrad, H., Lee, W., and Bernhardt, W., "Development of a Pure Methanol Fuel Car," SAE Technical Paper 770790, 1977, https://doi.org/10.4271/770790.Also In
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