Ethanol And Fuel Properties Of Ethanol

Switching from the expensive oil to alternative fuels has moved from a dream to reality. Today, there are dozens of alternatives to oil that are currently available us to be used. One alternative to oil that is being used more today is ethanol. Derived from plant materials, ethanol can be a cheaper, cleaner alternative to the gasoline that our vehicles run off. When going to gas pumps, one will notice that much of the gasoline is up to 10 percent of ethanol. According to our text, most ethanol in the U.S. is made from corn, yet ethanol can be made from any biomes-- including garbage. (Turk & Bensel, 2011)

This report extensively analyses the production and breakdown of Ethanols, to assess its properties and their relation to being a fuel. The use of Ethanol as reliable source of renewable energy and its current effects on society. The potential use of ethanol as an alternative to coal and fossil fuels, the advantages and disadvantages of Ethanol.

This class is an elective for me, so I didn’t really know much about energy technologies before taking it and I must say my opinions on different sources of energies have changed completely. For the whole semester now I’ve been trying to think about what I wanted to write about for my final paper, but nothing really tickled my fancy until watching the film “Pump”. This film has opened my eyes to different sources of fuel we could use in vehicles, but really one particular one stood out to me the most and that was ethanol. The reason this particular one stood out to me the most was the fact that Brazil, an entire country, has switched over to ethanol gas.

As seen in Figure 1, the blend of ethanol and diesel produces more energy that standard diesel, and also burns ‘cleaner’ than standard diesel. Diesohol may be considered as an alternative fuel for the future, however the production of diesohols is 14% more expensive than the production of regular diesel. Even with the 14% price increase over diesel, the visible reduction in smoke emissions and consumption of the fuel, it could be a fuel considered for the future. However, further research should be undertaken to fully understand the properties and level of sustainability diesohols will present for

As is common for most alcohols used in gasoline, methanol is fully soluble in water and also miscible with gasoline-type hydrocarbons. Some cosolvent alcohols (ethanol, propanols, or butanols) are generally required in the methanol premix used for gasoline blends to provide adequate water tolerance (solubility) or phase stability where colder temperature conditions are experienced during the year. Similar to most gasolines and other alcohol fuel blends, inhibitors or additives are recommended for fuel methanol to provide added protection against corrosion of fue system metal parts and components. Properly blended gasoline with fuel methanol is typically compatible with materials commonly used in gasoline distribution systems as well as vehicle fuel systems. In general, the fuel methanol premix is handled in a similar manner as gasoline or gasoline blending components with the exception of added precaution to keep the fuel methanol premix from being exposed to any water or moisture. Methanol gasoline blends have been successfully shipped commercially in barges, pipelines, and tanker trucks similar to conventional gasoline. As discussed later, because of methanol’s affinity for water, some precautions

Since ethanol is a renewable source of energy and has lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions than gasoline, ethanol produced from biomass is expected to be used more frequently as an alternative fuel.

Ethanol is an alcohol fuel, and it is safer than gasoline because it is nontoxic and biodegradable, similar to biodiesel. Similar to gasoline though, it is highly flammable. It is even more safe because of the fact that if it is spilled, it can break down quickly into different harmless substances.

Ethanol is an alcohol product produced from corn, sorghum, potatoes, wheat, sugar cane, even biomass such as cornstalks and vegetable waste. When combined with gasoline, it increases octane levels while also promoting more complete fuel burning that reduces harmful tailpipe emissions such as carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons. There are two processes for making ethanol: wet milling and dry milling. Many other fuel sources are made through a chemical process called. Many forms of biofuel have definite environmental advantages over petroleum-based gasoline and diesel fuel. However Ethanol contains 35% oxygen. By having more oxygen in fuel, it reduces the harmful tailpipe emissions. Ethanol also displaces the use of toxic gasoline components such

Perhaps one of the most overlook side effects of ethanol is water retention. There is as much as 0.5% of water by volume in E10 gasoline (Rand, 2003); water is the biggest enemy of internal combustion engine since it can corrode fuel line and engine components. The problem is often negligible initially in newer vehicles, however, a prolong use can result in degraded performance and equipment failure. Older vehicles and outdoor power equipment are even more susceptible to damage since they are not setup to use this type of blended

The Automotive Industry can benefit greatly from this innovation, and we can easily say it will be a big deal for other fuel consuming industries. In the US we are currently blending over 10% of gasoline with ethanol.

Scientists are constantly looking for new and more efficient alternatives for fuel. Not only are these for environmental purposes, but because of depleting fuel levels caused by over-consumption. One common substitute for fuel-commonly>??? made of crude oil or petroleum is ethanol fuel. This fuel, also know as ethyl alcohol, is created by the fermentation and distillation of corn. There are three main advantages and disadvantages when contemplating the use of this alternative fuel.

Diesel is denser than petrol so does not evaporate as easily so is safer in accidents.

Since the invention of the internal combustion engine, car makers and consumers have been filling the gas tank with just that, gasoline. Starting out with leaded gasoline then slowly switching to unleaded gas in the late 1960s until catalytic converters, a new auto part which can only run on unleaded, were made mandatory in 1975. However over the past couple decades there have been a new contender in the fuel marketplace to power consumers’ cars. Ethanol is defined in World Book Student as “a type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages and used as an automobile fuel” (Sheehan 1). Sometimes called ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol, has been an additive to gasoline since its introduction. The purpose was to reduce dependence on foreign oil,

The production and consumption of ethanol as fuel is presented by several interesting facts. The ability to compete with non-renewable fossil fuels, concern about the environment and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and have a source of fuel coming from agriculture as a alternative outlet for agricultural producers, ethanol production became an important and endorsed industrial process (Mussatto et al., 2010).

In this experiment, the focus will be the synthesis and characterization of biodiesel fuel. Biodiesel seems to have become the substitute for fossil fuel. It can also be an alternative for the petroleum-based biodiesel. By having renewable resources such as corn, soybeans, peanuts and other makes biodiesel a viable option. Using these resources wouldn’t help alleviate the problems with fossil fuel in the US. Biodiesel is produced from the transesterification reaction of vegetable oil. Transesterification is the reversible reaction where one ester is converted into another by exchanging an ester group with an alcohol in the presence of a base.