Essays on Ethanol

Ethanol is the high-tech fuel used in race cars and dragsters and it comes from corn. I will be doing a deep dive into one of my favorite biofuels or fuel additives where I cover the constraints and benefits in order to get to the truth. Ethanol is basically ethyl alcohol, the same type of...

Introduction Determining a favorable pathway is one of the important steps in designing a catalyst for a fuel cell. Direct ethanol fuel cell is an attractive power source due to its high energy density for fuel cell systems. Each ethanol molecule can release 12 electrons via multiple oxidation and dehydrogenation step which involve cleavage of...

Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol, is a clear and colorless liquid that can serve as an alternative fuel to non-renewable energy sources. More than 97% of gasoline in the US contains ethanol, usually in three different mixtures called E10 (10% ethanol and 90% gasoline), E85 (15% gasoline and 85% ethanol), and E15 (15% ethanol...