Ethanol: A Clean Fuel
Curiosity in producing ethanol from biomass is an incentive attempt for sustainable transportation. Ethanol is a colorless, slightly odoured and a nontoxic liquid produced from plants, and is formed by the fermentation of carbohydrates in the presence of yeast. It is also prepared from sorghum, corns, potato wastes, rice straw, corn fiber and wheat. A biofuel forms low green house gases, when burned compared to other conventional fuels. It is a substitute to fossil fuel which allows for fuel safety and security for many countries where there is less oil reserves. It is made from plants and other agricultural products through biological process rather than the geological process, which is involved in the formation of coal and petroleum. Biofuel is widely used as transportation fuels. Ethanol is considered a biofuel, and is widely used in some countries like U.S and Brazil. In this study, we studied the rising temperature of ethanol, diesel, and kerosene at a fixed point of time and found that ethanol as highest rising temperature compared to kerosene and diesel. It was also observed that the ethanol doesn’t produce any smoke while burning compared to diesel and kerosene which makes it an excellent alternative and clean fuel.
Published by: Samarth Bhardwaj
Author: Samarth Bhardwaj
Paper ID: V2I4-1172
Paper Status: published
Published: July 30, 2016
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