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Cellulosic Ethanol A First For Racing Fuel
By Mr Ethanol | January 31, 2008
Cars.com:
The American Le Mans Series will become the first racing outfit to use cellulosic E85 in its cars. The KL Process Design Group of Rapid City, S.D., will supply the fuel, which it manufactures from waste wood.
Although other racing series have used ethanol before, this development represents a departure because rather than using corn, cellulosic ethanol is produced from biomass like waste wood or switchgrass. The idea is to literally use garbage plant byproducts to make fuel that produces far more energy than it takes to make it.
Tom Martin, the public relations advisor for KL, told KickingTires that the partnership with Le Mans will go a long way toward proving that cellulosic ethanol is a realistic alternative to corn-derived E85 or even standard gasoline. “It’s a way to show that we can do what we say we can do,” Martin said. “Cellulosic ethanol is harder to derive because things like wood don’t break down as easily as, say, corn. On the other hand, the [energy] yield is bigger.”
Topics: Biofuel, Cars, Ethanol |
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