Ethanol‚ a Fuel? Ethanol fuel is a type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages that is often made from common agricultural products. It is either mass-produced by fermentation of sugars or from cellulose. Wheat or corn kernels are ground in a hammer-mill to expose the starch‚ the ground grain is then mixed with water‚ heated briefly and enzymes are added to convert the starch to sugar using a chemical reaction called hydrolysis. Yeast is added to ferment the sugars to ethanol and finally the
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Ethanol fuel is ethanol (ethyl alcohol). Ethanol‚ also called ethyl alcohol‚ pure alcohol‚ grain alcohol‚ or drinking alcohol‚ is a volatile‚ flammable‚ colorless liquid. A psychoactive drug and one of the oldestrecreational drugs known‚ ethyl alcohol produces a state known as alcohol intoxication when consumed. Best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages‚ it is also used in thermometers‚ as a solvent‚ and as a fuel. In common usage‚ it is often referred to simply as alcohol or spirits
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will explore the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel source. Ethanol is considered a renewable energy resource; as it is derived from crops such as: corn‚ sugarcane‚ beets‚ as well as‚ other organic materials. The use of ethanol could decrease our dependence on ever depleting supplies of fossil fuels; such as oil. In this paper‚ I will briefly review how ethanol is produced in different parts of the world. I will also review several of the advantages of using ethanol as a renewable source of
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ETHANOL (E85): Types of fuels are ethanol‚ natural gas‚ diesel and hydrogen. Ethanol is simply grain alcohol obtained from corn. The corn is ground to powder form and mixed into a mash that is distilled to obtain ethanol which is a flammable liquid and then used as fuel. The ethanol could be mixed with gasoline blend in order to obtain reduced cost. In addition‚ the emission of Co2 would be reduced‚ but not completely eradicated because of its content of 90 percent gasoline and 10 percent ethanol
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Luke Fancy Pro/Con Paper: Pros of Ethanol Due: 12/07/11 Ethanol was first used in 1908 on Henry Ford’s Model T. The Model T was designed so that it could be run on either gasoline or pure alcohol. When asked why he wanted to run the Model T on alcohol‚ Henry Ford replied by saying‚ “It is the fuel of the future.” The use of ethanol continued through the 1920’s and 1930’s in an effort to keep a United States ethanol program alive. Although the effort was unsuccessful‚ oil supply problems
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to evaluate ethanol as a fuel‚ the experiments are Fermentation and Calorimetry. Fermentation will find the best combination of sugar and yeast for optimum ethanol production and the Calorimetry experiments test ethanol against other alcohols and fuels to see how it matches up in terms of energy production. Fermentation shows glucose and baker’s yeast as the fastest producers of ethanol and the calorimetry proves that ethanol and other alcohols produce more heat energy than other fuels. Introduction
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| Ethanol Fuel Production from Banana Waste Peelings | CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Due to the modernization to our country‚ there were new things that are added in the basic necessities of an individual‚ one of this is fuel. Since fuel can be afford in a high price‚ some people afford fuel. To resolve this problem‚ we need to find abundant and renewable source of fuel that is low cost. The project entitled “ETHANOL FUEL from BANANA PEELINGS” can help to solve this problem. This project will
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fossil fuels due to the lacking of oil‚ gas‚ etc. An alternative energy source is ethanol (C2H5OH). It is an alcohol fuel manufactured by fermentation and distillation of crops that are high with starch and sugar‚ such as grains‚ sugarcane (most commonly used)‚ corn‚ and fruit. Other names for ethanol are ethyl alcohol‚ drinking alcohol‚ and grain alcohol. It can also be made from trees‚ grasses‚ woods‚ and plant waste. It is a colourless‚ flammable liquid that is categorized under bio-fuel. Brazil
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to three times as much carbohydrate for fuel ethanol production (Comis‚ 2008). Ethanol production from fresh cassava roots using a low-temperature process was evaluated on a pilot-plant scale. The application of low-temperature cooking to cassava starch followed by a dual enzyme action resulted in an ethanol yield comparable to that of a traditional high-temperature cooking process. Pressurized distillation gave a satisfactory recovery efficiency of ethanol but was slightly lower than that obtained
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BIO ETHANOL FUEL OUT OF FERMENTED BANANA (Musa balbasiana) PEELINGS Authors/ Researchers: Asprec‚ ‚ Centeno‚ Cruz‚ Jumadiao‚ Sanchez‚ Silaya‚ The Problem and Its Background Background of the study Bio-ethanol fuel has been used through these times and produced in many places specifically in Brazil and United States which contributes to the 87.1% bio-ethanol production in the world. Besides from being eco-friendly‚ inexpensive and less toxic‚ it is more preferred as a fuel for the materials
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