Business Club December 23 hearing yesterday, gasoline and diesel prices increased by 310 yuan and 300 yuan per ton respectively. Faced with the soaring price of gasoline and the new energy development trend, "methanol gasoline" has entered the people's attention. In January 2011, cars in Hangzhou downtown will “drink” this new fuel.

Methanol gasoline is a new type of vehicle fuel synthesized from 10%-25% methanol and other chemical raw materials and additives. It is understood that the price of gasoline per liter of gasoline is about 0.76 yuan less than that of 93# gasoline. If the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers of a family car is 10 liters, 100 kilometers can save more than 7 yuan in fuel costs.

“For our consumers, price is the most direct benefit. Now that the price of oil continues to rise, this kind of economical new energy fuel can be said to be our gospel.” Some owners have indicated that they are willing to try methanol gasoline, while the other owners have reservations. attitude. At a Sinopec gas station in Hangzhou, a car owner who came to refuel in an interview with reporters said: "The performance of methanol gasoline has been heard to be good, but I am worried that the corrosiveness of methanol will reduce the life of the engine, after all, methanol gasoline with the current Gasoline is not the same. If you want to change the engine again, it would be too much trouble."

In response to these problems, the reporter consulted a car dealer. The distributor stated that the water produced after the combustion of methanol will have a corrosive effect on the engine's inner wall under high temperature and high pressure conditions. If there is no special protective measure against the engine, it will actually shorten its use. Life, but in fact, the technology for producing methanol gasoline has matured, solving the problem of corrosion that car owners fear. And the use of methanol gasoline does not require any changes to the original car's engine, it can also be mixed with ordinary gasoline.

According to the current pilot sales, Shanxi province sells more than 200,000 tons of methanol gasoline each year. In Zhejiang province, the first pilot cities of Ganzhou and Huzhou, the popularity and sales of methanol gasoline have also increased. A private car owner in Zhangzhou said: “I added methanol gasoline twice. When I first added it, I also had concerns about whether my car could adapt to methanol gasoline. However, after a while, I discovered that the power was not worse than before. The oil money saved in a month is nearly one hundred."

A few days ago, Zhejiang Province, the first research organization engaged in the research and development of alcohol fuels in Hangzhou, will provide technical support for the development of methanol methanol gasoline companies in Zhejiang. Experts told reporters that in addition to the natural price advantage, methanol gasoline is 10% more dynamic than the same type of gasoline, and effectively reduces more than 50% of harmful emissions, 16% of carbon dioxide emissions, is conducive to energy conservation and environmental protection and national oil energy reserves .

With the establishment of the standard methanol gasoline standard system, the use of methanol gasoline fuel in Zhejiang will accelerate. In 2011, the three regions of Jiaxing, Jinhua and Taizhou in Zhejiang will also become pilot cities for the promotion of methanol gasoline.