SAFETY RELATED ADDITIVES FOR METHANOL FUEL

This paper reviews the use of additives to improve safety aspects associated with the use of methanol as a motor fuel. A survey of the literature was conducted to determine candidate additives for methanol that produce one or more of the following properties: provide a visible or luminous flame, reduce the potential for skin contact, give a foul or unpleasant taste and odor, and act as an emetic. Candidate additives were reviewed to determine potential effectiveness, cost, ease of production, health problems, and effects on vehicle performance. Potential additives include complex hydrocarbon mixtures such as gasoline, alcohol soluble dyes and unpalatable compounds such as denatonium benzoate.

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exposition Baltimore, Maryland, October 8-11, 1984.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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• Authors:
  • Fanick, E R
  • Smith, L R
  • BAINES, T M
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 12 p.
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Ethanol; Fuel additives; Measures of effectiveness; Methanol; Safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Old TRIS Terms: Denaturants
• Subject Areas: Finance; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395787
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 841378, HS-038 311
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM