ETHANOLSlide Show made by Greg and Samantha

Ethanol’s Energy Source

Ethanol is made from corn, sugar cane, sugar beets, switch grass, and barley it is used for transportation and liquor and also is a renewable fuel source.

In the United States, ethanol accounts for about 2 percent of total transportation.

In Brazil, were ethanol is produced from sugar cane, the fuel powers the majority of the country’s transport. Ethanol can be mixed with gasoline on different percentages like E85

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Or can be used in pure form as E100, but not every vehicle can run 100% ethanol but most runs on small percentages. Ethanol is an energy source that is intended to provide more environmentally and economically friendly alternative to fossil fuels.

Uses of Energy

Ethanol is also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol.

It’s a volatile, flammable colorless liquid Has been used by

humans before the history of ingredients of alcoholic beverages.

The History

The first car to be used in was in 1908 model T Ford

Ethanol can be blended to make blended fuels for gas run equipment. This blended mixture has been created about 180 years ago.

Ethanol is becoming more regularly used in most gas stations all over the world.

The United States and Brazil have been the two leading producers of fuel since the 1970. Cellulosic Ethanol is projected to be much more cost-effective environmentally beneficial and have a greater energy output to input ratio than grain Ethanol.

Time Line

1826- Samuel Morey created a motorized engine that ran on Ethanol and turpentine.

1876- Otto Cycle was the first combustion engine designed for alcohol and gasoline use.

1896- Henry Ford built his first automobile, the quadricycle to run on pure Ethanol.

1908- Standard oil begun adding ethanol to gas to increase octane and reduce engine knocking.

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1920- The first Ford motor company automobile Henry Ford’s model T, was designed to use corn alcohol called Ethanol. The model T ran on Ethanol fuel or a combination of the two.

1940- First U.S fuel Ethanol plant was built. The U.S army built and operated an ethanol plant in Omaha, Nebraska to produce fuel for the army and to provide Ethanol for regional fuel blending.

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1992- The energy policy act of 1992 (EPACT) was passed by congress to reduce our nations dependence on imported petroleum by requiring certain fleets to acquire alternative fuel vehicles.

Life Time

Run ethanol with a V8 ford F150 two-wheel drive you only get 11mpg city and 14mpg hwy, with unleaded gasoline you get 14mpg city and 19mpg hwy but ethanol is renewable.

Energy Source Development

Mash processing and saccharifacation Fermentation Distillation By product processing Process and plant

support systems A receiving building

would be available for deleivery of corn via truck or rail.

Energy Transfer

Ethanol is most often produced from corn or sugarcane by utilizing enzymes to convert starches to simple sugars and yeast to ferment the sugars into ethanol.

Can also be produced from cellulose by a hydrolysis process

Corn ethanol production plant includes: Corn receiving, storage, and milling.

Advantages

Ethanol gas is renewable Farmers now have a reliable source of

income from the crops It is harmless to grow the crop each year

Disadvantages

It is just has the same emissions as gasoline except gasoline has toxins in the c02

Ethanol is corrosive Ethanol can absorb water and dirt very easily,

and if those contaminants are not filtered out successfully, they can cause damage and corrosion in the engine block.

Not many gas stations sell E85 ethanol fuel so ethanol drivers have to drive further than fossil fuel users because the lack of convenience, Also ethanol is more expensive than fossil fuels.

Careers

Distilling- making the product safe to be turned into Ethanol gas

Fermenting- adding sugar to carbon dioxide by yeast

Storage- storing the product Transportation- moving of the product Gas safety- safety of the product

Sources

http://www.fuel-testers.com/ethanol_fuel_history.html

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science? http://science.jrank.org/pages/2575/Ethanol-Adv

antages-ethanol-an-alternative-fuel.html http://www.extraordinaryroadtrip.org/research-l

ibrary/technology/ethanol/advantages.asp http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency http://www.energyrefuge.com/ethanol-articles.h

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More Sources

http://www.greenenergyjobs.com/career-guide/bio-energy-jobs/ethanol.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol http://

teeic.anl.gov/er/biomass/restech/desc/ethanolplants/index.cfm

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