Internal combustion engines fuel injectors

Hawkins. Patented in Englarid, in 1894, a liquid explosive which was used as a fuel in internal combustion engines. A mixture of KN03 50.0,sugar syrup 33.4,KC103 9.3, and K2Cr20 8.3% was dissolved in 300 parts of water and was fed by means of an injector into a combustion chamber of a motor Ref Daniel (1902), 369... 

Two types of alcohols were investigated bio-methanol and bio-ethanol. Methanol (methyl alcohol) is used as a solvent (soluble in fats, resins and varnishes), also used in the pharmaceutical component of fuel for aircraft (the main component of fuel), explosives (e.g. C4), as fuel in internal combustion engines such as speedway motorbikes, used with caustic solutions or acids to obtain methyl esters, a basic raw material for polyoxymethylene (polyoxymethylene, polyformaldehyde). Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) is widely used in food and pharmaceutical industries (alcoholic fermentation) and cosmetics it is also used as a solvent. Alcohol may also be used to fuel diesel engines if there are good lubrication injector nozzles and the alcohol is mixed with a small (5-20%) amount of oil. 

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