| abstract |
Stable gasoline-alcohol fuel mixtures are produced by hydration of a gasoline or a fraction thereof high in olefins in the presence of an acid catalyst to form a high alcohol content gasoline mixture, which mixture is blended with a gasoline containing up to about 20 volume percent of methanol. The addition of the catalytically hydrated gasoline or olefinic fraction thereof serves to maintain the methanol in complete solution at low temperatures, particularly in the presence of water contaminant. |