"utilized as a gasoline additive for its oxygen content and octane rating"
Now that is an interesting statement. I say bullshit. Mike On Aug 4, 2011 10:38 PM, <relng...@aol.com> wrote: > Ethanol could be risk in U.S. pipelines > by Staff Writers > Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2011 > > Plans to use existing U.S. pipelines to carry increasing ethanol production > poses the problem the fuel can dramatically degrade them, researchers say. > Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology warn that > ethanol, and especially the bacteria sometimes found in it, can worsen > fatigue crack growth rates by 25 times the rate in air alone. > Researchers evaluated fatigue-related cracking in two common pipeline > steels exposed to ethanol mixtures, including simulated fuel-grade ethanol and an > ethanol-water solution containing common bacteria, an NIST release said > Wednesday. > "Substantial increases in crack growth rates were caused by the microbes," > NIST researcher Jeffrey Sowards said. "These are important data for pipeline > engineers who want to safely and reliably transport ethanol fuel in > re-purposed oil and gas pipelines." > The tests were performed on common pipeline steels, which are alloys of > more than a dozen metals. > Ethanol, an alcohol that can be derived from corn, is often utilized as a > gasoline additive for its oxygen content and octane rating. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
