Ethanol FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about Ethanol
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the production, cost and use of ethanol, a popular alternative to gasoline and diesel.
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Ethanol: Ethyl alcohol is the chemical compound commonly known as ethanol and is the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It is easy to manufacture and process and can be made from very common materials, such as sugar cane or corn.
Ethanol: A type of alcohol that can be produced from different forms of biomass, such as agricultural crops. Ethanol can be burned as a fuel, often by blending it with gasoline.
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Ethanol - ethyl alcohol, a volatile alcohol containing two carbons (CH3CH2OH). For fuel use, it would be produced by fermentation of corn or other plant products away ...
Ethanol - Also known as ethyl alcohol or alcohol, (C2H5OH) is an oxygenated hydrocarbon that can be burned as a fuel, or blended into gasoline.
Ethanol
An alternative automotive fuel derived from grain and corn; usually blended with gasoline to form gasohol.
Ethylene Dibromide (EDB) ...
Ethanol
An alcohol used as an alternative automotive fuel derived from grain and corn; usually blended with gasoline to form gasohol.
Ethylene Dibromide (EDB) ...
B bioethanol
Definition (english only)
A biofuel produced by the fermentation of plants rich in sugar/starch (e.g. sugar cane, corn).
Ethanol C2H6O An organic alcohol also called ethyl alcohol, formed when fermenting sugars or glycerin
FAME Fatty Acid Methyl Ester.
Gasahol Mixture of gasoline and ethanol derived from fermented agricultural products containing at least nine percent ethanol. Gasification Conversion of solid material such as coal into a gas for use as a fuel.
bio-fuel Usually refers to growing corn, then fermenting it to create ethanol which can be substituted for gasoline. However, other crops can be used as well.
Butanol: an alternate fuel and type of alcohol (like ethanol - see below) produced by fermentation from corn, grass, leaves, agricultural waste and other biomass.
biofuel: low-emission petroleum substitute made from plant sources; includes ethanol made from cereals and sugarcane and biodiesel made from vegetable oils or animal waste. Biofuel can also be made from animal tallow.
Fuels which are generally less greenhouse intensive than petrol and diesel, e.g. ethanol and compressed natural gas (CNG)
Anaerobic
Not requiring air or oxygen, used in reference to decomposition processes that occur in the absence of oxygen ...
bioconversion The conversion of biomass to usable energy, as by burning solid fuel for heat, by fermenting plant matter to produce fuel, as ethanol, or by bacterial decomposition of organic waste to produce methanol.
biomass fuels = taking grains, oilseeds, etc. and turning it into ethanol, biodiesel, biogas, etc ...
infection, inflammation, exposure of the cell to chemicals (such as ethanol, arsenicals, or certain metal species), ultraviolet light, starvation, hypoxia (oxygen deprivation), nitrogen deficiency (in plants), or water deprivation.
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