Alkoether gasoline is expected to become a substitute for gasoline

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Toxic methanol, when mixed with a certain proportion of unfinished gasoline, turns into a valuable substance and becomes fuel for cars. Yesterday, reporters learned that the development of a new type of gasoline in our province, led by the Zhongyuan Biodiesel R&D Center and supported technically by the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Fuzhou University, has made breakthrough progress recently. Professor Zhang Yanhan, head of the R&D center for bio-diesel at Zhongyuan, said that this alcohol-ether gasoline, created by combining methanol with semi-finished gasoline, is expected to be available on the market in the second half of this year. Not only does this new type of gasoline have performance comparable to that of regular gasoline and does it not affect the performance of car engines, but its price is also about 10% lower than that of regular 93# gasoline. Its components include methanol, semi-finished crude oil, etc. According to Professor Li Longmei from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Fuzhou University, the chemical principle behind alcohol-ether gasoline is that modifiers are added to methanol, followed by the addition of semi-finished crude oil from refineries; these components then \"combine\" to form \"new gasoline\" – alcohol-ether gasoline. It is understood that methanol is a highly toxic substance, and unlike crude oil, it does not suffer from the issue of non-renewable resources. “To produce one ton of alcohol-ether gasoline, we use a ratio of methanol to semi-finished gasoline of around 7:3. Therefore, using methanol as the main raw material for gasoline production can **alleviate the shortage of crude oil and stabilize gasoline prices. ” Li Longmei said. The selling price is about 10% lower than that of gasoline. According to Li Longmei, although alcohol-ether gasoline has been developed in our province, the lack of unified technical standards for coal-based alcohol-ether fuels has delayed the time at which this type of gasoline can be put on the market for sale. At present, the **National Development and Reform Commission attaches great importance to research on gasoline alternatives; it is working swiftly to establish national standards for coal-based alcohol ether fuels, with these standards expected to be officially released in the second half of this year. “Once the national standards are released, the alcohol-ether gasoline developed independently by our province will also be available for sale. ”Professor Zhang Yanhan from the Zhongyuan Biodiesel R&D Center said, “Now that the technical research has been completed, the alcohol-ether gasoline manufacturing enterprises in our province are working hard to put this technology into industrial use.” The planned production scale for alcohol-ether gasoline in the near term is around 100,000 tons per year, while in the long term it is intended to reach the level of millions of tons. At that time, it will be possible to **alleviate the current shortage of oil in the province**. ” According to the reporter’s research, the current retail price of 93# gasoline in the market is around 5.12 yuan per liter. Zhang Yanhan said that in the future, the price of alcohol-ether gasoline will be about 10% lower than that of current gasoline. Since alcohol-ether gasoline is a new type of fuel that serves as an important supplement to crude oil, it will also be available for purchase at the gas stations of CNPC and Sinopec in the future, making it easier for car owners to refuel.