Reid vapor pressures (RVPs) were determined for alcohol-gasoline blends containing 5-85% by volume of methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 1-butanol, 2-butanol, i-butanol (2-methyl-1-propanol), and t-butanol (2-methyl-2-propanol). The results are compared to literature data. Most alcohols form near-azeotropic mixtures with hydrocarbons in gasoline that affect the vapor pressure of the blend in a non-ideal manner. In addition, vapor pressures of dual-alcohol blends with gasoline containing a range of ethanol and 1-butanol volume percentages were determined. We demonstrate a simple method to prepare dual-alcohol-gasoline blends with RVPs indistinguishable from that of the base gasoline. It may be advantageous to use alcohols in addition to ethanol in the form of dual- or multi-alcohol blends as these become available in larger scale in the future. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
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Andersen, V. F., Anderson, J. E., Wallington, T. J., Mueller, S. A., & Nielsen, O. J. (2010). Vapor pressures of alcohol-gasoline blends. In Energy and Fuels (Vol. 24, pp. 3647–3654). https://doi.org/10.1021/ef100254w
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