Alternative Fuels

Ethanol

  • Ethanol (ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, EtOH) is a clear, colourless liquid with a characteristic, agreeable odour.
  • In dilute aqueous solution, it has a somewhat sweet flavour, but in more concentrated solutions it has a burning taste.
  • Ethanol (CH3CH2OH) is a group of chemical compounds whose molecule contains a hydroxyl group, -OH, bonded to a carbon atom.
  • Ethanol made from cellulosic biomass materials instead of traditional feedstocks (starch crops) is called bioethanol.

Methanol

  • Methanol (CH3OH) is an alcohol fuel. Methanol is methane with one hydrogen molecule replaced by a hydroxyl radical (OH).
  • The alternative fuel currently being used ....
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