Ethanol Reformer inventors say new product improves ethanol efficiency by 50 percent

In Missouri, American Green Holdings announced the launch of the Ethanol Reformer, a patent-pending technology that improves ethanol efficiency in irrigation systems by more than fifty percent, while improving emissions. The Reformer, uses ethanol’s flame speed to match the engine’s work load in a more efficient process than fuel injection and carburetion alone.

“Ethanol’s higher octane number allows us to do the same amount of work with a great reduction in fuel,” a company spokesman said, adding that the technology was also available in AGH’s EcoOutlaw motorcycles.

According to the US Department of Energy, “Ethanol works well in internal combustion engines. In fact, Henry Ford and other early automakers thought ethanol would be the world’s primary fuel before gasoline became so readily available. Ethanol is a high-octane fuel. Octane helps prevent engine knocking and is extremely important in engines designed to operate at a higher compression ratio, so they generate more power. These engines tend to be found in high-performance vehicles.”

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