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COMPLETE COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY®
U.S. EPA Registration Number 2011-20008
Author: David Barberis
Date: February 7, 2007
(c) Copyright 2007
WHAT IS CCT®(COMPLETE COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY®)
- CCT® stands for Complete Combustion Technology, a proprietary formulation of B&A Intl, Inc. made with all natural components that gasoline/diesel/biodiesel fuels that fuel blenders can add to their final product.
- Why add CCT® to fuel? For two reasons:
It makes engines run better.
It makes engines emit less hydrocarbons, soot and opacity and all other emissions into the atmosphere.
- When added to fuel, CCT® raises the fuel's octane level. Octane is a measure of how much a fuel can be compressed before it spontaneously combusts. The higher the octane number, the more the fuel can be compressed before it explodes.
Fuel is mixed with air in an internal combustion engine and then compressed before it is ignited. An explosion will result, pushing a piston which is attached to a connecting rod. The connecting rod is attached to a crankshaft, which changes the piston's up-and-down motion into a circular motion. This circular motion makes the wheels go around.
Engine Performance: As far as an engines performance is concerned, the more compression available the better. Higher octane fuels can deliver more power for cars designed for high performance and speed.
High Performance Vehicles: If a high performance vehicle uses a lower octane fuel, the fuel might ignite during compression. The results of premature ignition during compression is a knocking and pinging sound emanating from under the hood that results in engines poor performance and premature damage.
- CCT® can be an economical replacement to the oxygenate MTBE. Oxygenates make fuel burn more completely, leaving less un-combusted gas to be sent through the exhaust system and out into the air.
MTBE: According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: MTBE was first used as an octane-enhancing replacement for lead, primarily in mid- and high-grade gasoline at concentrations as high as 7% (by volume). Now, however, MTBE has been replaced mainly by Ethanol as a fuel oxygenate and at higher concentrations (10% to 15% by volume) as part of the Federal RFG [reformulated gas] and Wintertime Oxyfuel programs. The Oxyfuel and RFG Programs were initiated by the U.S. EPA in 1992 and 1995, respectively, to meet requirements of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments.
MTBE was found in some sources of drinking water. The pollution presumably got there from leaking underground gasoline storage tanks and improper fuel handling techniques. Many U.S. states have phased out the sale of gasoline with MTBE and are now oxygenating with Ethanol.
Ethanol, the same kind of alcohol that people drink, while an oxygenate that can help cars to run cleaner is more expensive to make than CCT®, and must be used in higher concentrations as stated before (at a minimum of 10% by volume) while fuels blended with CCT will be able to provide a more efficient end product with a blend of less than 1% by volume.
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