Patent ID: 9303222
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: C10L

Claim Text:
1. A method of improving the mileage of a vehicle comprising: providing a mixture consisting of an ethanol and a water; wherein an amount of water in the ethanol and water mixture is between 1 and 10 wt. % on the basis of the weight of the ethanol in the ethanol and water mixture; providing a combined motor fuel consisting of the ethanol and water mixture and a gasoline without forming a separate liquid layer thereby maintaining a clear and bright specification of the combined motor fuel without blending additives to prevent the occurrence of the separate liquid layer; and burning the combined motor fuel in an internal combustion engine of the vehicle, thereby improving the mileage thereof as compared to burning in the engine a gasoline or a gasoline-ethanol blend not including the water; wherein an amount of ethanol in the combined motor fuel is between 60 and 95 wt. % of the combined motor fuel; wherein the gasoline includes a mixture of a plurality of hydrocarbons, the hydrocarbons in the gasoline boiling in an approximate range of 40 C to 200 C.