Extending the role of alcohols as transport fuels using iso-stoichiometric ternary blends of gasoline, ethanol and methanol

J.W.G. Turner, R.J. Pearson, E. Dekker, B. Iosefa, K. Johansson and K. ac Bergström

Applied Energy, 2013, vol. 102, issue C, 72-86

Abstract: Ethanol has become widely used in low concentration blends with gasoline in many parts of the world and has more limited use in high concentration blends. In the long term the supply of biomass for transport fuels will be severely limited, perhaps to as little as 20% of transport energy demand. The inability to satisfy the total transport demand means that biofuels are in danger of being regarded as a technological and strategic dead end. Methanol can be made from a wide variety of fossil and biomass feed stocks and can also be synthesized by reducing carbon dioxide and water using renewable energy. Methanol therefore has the potential to extend significantly the availability of alcohols for transport fuel.

Keywords: Gasoline; Ethanol; Methanol; Ternary; Iso-stoichiometric; E85 flex-fuel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.07.044

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