Ethanol as an alternative fuel for vehicles in malawi
- Janusz SZPYTKO
- Kategoria: Pozostałe zagadnienia
The dependence on the use of fossil fuel as a source of energy for driving vehicles has resulted in Malawi spending a lot of its foreign exchange in the importation of fossil fuel from other countries. The use of ethanol, which is locally produced in the country as an alternative source of fuel energy, might reduce the impact imposed by the importation of fossil fuel. Hence subject publication of the topic on the use of ethanol, as an alternative fuel to petrol will provide a literature review and assessment of the contemporary state of knowledge on the topic together with the prospect to convert the ordinary spark ignition engine to use ethanol as its fuel in the country.
ETANOL JAKO ALTERNATYWNE PALIWO W MALAWI Źródłem energii dla samochodów w Malawi jest importowana ropa naftowa, co stanowi istotną pozycję w budżecie kraju. Alternatywnym rozwiązaniem jest produkcja alkoholu etylowego z produktów krajowych, przykładowo trzciny cukrowej. Przedmiotem wypowiedzi jest analiza zagadnienia z wykorzystaniem dostępnej literatury.
1. INTRODUCTION
Ethanol has been used as an alternative fuel worldwide for a long time, it is also called ethyl-alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, and it is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is psychoactive drug, best known as alcohol, found in alcoholic beverage which is simply referred as spirit [Blume, 2007].
The largest use of ethanol, as a motor vehicle fuel and fuel additive are USA and Brazil they have the largest national fuel ethanol industries, and together both countries were responsible for 89% of the world’s ethanol fuel production in 2008 [Licht, 2008] - Table 1, Figure 1. (...)
1. INTRODUCTION
Ethanol has been used as an alternative fuel worldwide for a long time, it is also called ethyl-alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, and it is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is psychoactive drug, best known as alcohol, found in alcoholic beverage which is simply referred as spirit [Blume, 2007].
The largest use of ethanol, as a motor vehicle fuel and fuel additive are USA and Brazil they have the largest national fuel ethanol industries, and together both countries were responsible for 89% of the world’s ethanol fuel production in 2008 [Licht, 2008] - Table 1, Figure 1. (...)
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Źródło: Czasopismo Logistyka
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