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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use a fuel being a mixture of ethanol with a petroleum-derived fuel, such as gasoline or gas oil, in an engine of, e.g., an automobile or a ship at a little economic expense. SOLUTION: The ethanol-mixed fuel regulator of a type mounted on a vehicle being, for example, a vehicle which is equipped with a fuel tank 3 holding a petroleum-derived fuel, an engine, and other accessories and on which an ethanol tank 2 and a mixing tank 1 equipped with an agitation means are mounted, a fuel feed pipe 4 for feeding a fuel from the petroleum-derived fuel tank 3 and an ethanol feed pipe 5 for feeding ethanol from the ethanol tank 2 being connected to the mixing tank 1, is equipped with a fuel feed administration apparatus that feeds a definite amount of the petroleum-derived fuel to the mixing tank 1 when the amount of the ethanol-mixed fuel in the mixing tank 1 reaches a specified minimum value and feeds a necessary amount of ethanol into the mixing tank 1 to an ethanol concentration, in relation to the definite amount of the petroleum-derived fuel, at which the engine and other accessories of the vehicle are not corroded. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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