ETHANOL BUSINESS

Invention Runs Your Car On Rubbish

Mr Ethanol — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:37:13 +0000

Thisiskent.co.uk:

Hamburgers and rotten apples could be the answer to the fuel crisis, according to a Sevenoaks inventor.

Philip Hall, who lives in Dunton Green and runs his business from Westerham, spent every pound he owned trying to make a car run on litter.

After three years, his efforts have finally paid off.

“It makes sense because non-renewable fuels are running out and we have so much rubbish we don’t know what to do with it,” said the entrepreneur, who began his career with an odour eliminator for fast-food businesses.

“I am not a tree hugger or anything and I want to make a few pennies, but anything you can do to help the environment is a bonus.

“I look around and see the only ways we are getting rid of our rubbish is burying or burning it – both are bad for the environment.

“Thousands of acres of land are given over to growing corn to make Ethanol for running cars, but I believe crops should be grown to be eaten.

“My invention uses totally clean technology, there are no emissions or toxins released, we do not burn trees or cut down crops – in fact, nothing is burnt at all.”

Rubbish is taken from homes and put through a distillation process to convert it into biomass fuel by fermenting the rubbish. Ethanol makes up part of that fuel.

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ethanol-business.com Is For Sale

Mr Ethanol — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:00:30 +0000

If you are interested in buying this blog (or you know someone who might be), you are invited to express your interest by emailing at ethanol[dot]business[at]gmail[dot]com

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How To Find Ethanol Free Gasoline

Mr Ethanol — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:10:21 +0000

Examiner.com:
Finding ethanol free gasoline is simple process, but it does take time. Use the following step by step to locate ethanol free gasoline in your area.

1. Look up gas stations in the phone book, or in Google Maps “Local business results” by searching the term “Gas stations”.

2. Make a database of the telephone numbers of potential gasoline stations in your area.

3. Call each one during normal operating hours and ask them if they sell ethanol free gasoline. If they say no, demand they start selling it. Mark their account in your database as “Ethanol mixed gasoline” and call them weekly asking about ethanol free gasoline. Eventually, they will get the point.

4. When you find a gas station that sells ethanol free gasoline, mark their account in your database and start buying their gasoline. Tell your friends about them and try to drive as much business to them as possible to help them stay selling ethanol free gasoline.

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Biofuel Guide – Ethanol And Biodiesel As Alternative Energy

Mr Ethanol — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:01:52 +0000

PR Urgent:
Ethanol, as in beer and wine, is an alcohol modified to utilize it as a fuel and making it undrinkable. Ethanol is produced by fermentation through a method similar to beer brewing of any biomass containing carbohydrates. At the present time, ethanol is derived from starches and sugars however there have been constant research to allow it to be produced from fibrous substance which consists the bulk of most plant matter – the cellulose and hemicellulose. Ethanol is widely used as a blending agent with gasoline to boost octane and at the same time reducing carbon monoxide and other toxic smog-causing emissions.

In contrast to other renewable energy resources, biomass, an organic material, can be converted directly into burnable fuels, termed as “biofuels,” to assist in meeting transportation fuel demands. The two most widely used types of biofuels are ethanol and biodiesel.

On the other hand, biodiesel is produced by the combination of alcohol which is usually alcohol with vegetable or animal oil/fats, or recycled cooking grease. In order to lessen harmful vehicle emissions, it can be utilized on its pure form or as an additive (normally 20%) as a renewable substitute fuel for diesel engines.

Biodiesel and ethanol are both clean, grow-your-own fuels which can be produced on-site in local villages or communities from locally available, renewable resources, for the most phase using equipment that a local workshop can make and maintain. This can make biofuels an economical option to fossil fuels and can aid in strengthening local communities both socially and economically. Full article.

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More Corn Ethanol Could Boost Cellulosic Ethanol

Mr Ethanol — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:35:47 +0000

Wired News:
The ethanol industry is taking a beating from the bad economy, with big producers like VeraSun and Valero shuttering factories and filing for bankruptcy. Those left standing are pleading with the feds to increase the amount of ethanol that can be blended with gasoline, arguing it will boost demand, produce thousands of jobs and hasten the arrival of viable cellulosic ethanol.

Ethanol producers want the Environmental Protection Agency to raise from 10 percent to 15 percent the amount of ethanol blended with gasoline, saying it would increase demand for their fuel by 6 billion gallons annually. Automakers are leery of the idea, arguing it could damage some vehicles, and the EPA hasn’t said how it will respond.

We’ve all heard the arguments against ethanol derived from corn and other food crops, but ethanol producers claim boosting its viability will hasten the arrival of viable cellulosic ethanol produced from wood chips, switchgrass and other biomass.

“In order to have a second generation of ethanol fuel, you have to have a first generation,” Bob Dinneen, CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, told Wired.com. “I assure you that corn-based ethanol will not serve as a barrier to the success of cellulosic ethanol. But it must also be understood that while the two fuels are dependent on one another, they are also on two different tracks to success.”

The U.S. Department of Energy says cellulosic ethanol provides 54 percent more energy than corn-based ethanol in comparison to the amount of energy required for production. And while conventional corn-based ethanol emits 10 to 20 percent less greenhouse gas than gasoline, the cellulosic stuff emits anywhere from 80 to 100 percent less – in other words, it’s carbon-neutral. It also eliminates the food-for-fuel debate that hobbles ethanol refined from food crops.

Sugar Succeeds In Powering Supercars

Mr Ethanol — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:03:04 +0000

ABC Online:
There have been no complaints from drivers in the V8 supercar series, after the first weekend of using E85 fuel, a blend of ethanol and unleaded petrol.

The 2009 V8 Supercar series started with the Adelaide 500.

Ian Glasson from CSR Sugar says the fuel cut carbon dioxide emissions from the racetrack in half.

“E85 is 85 per cent ethanol and 15 per cent petrol blend, and that enthanol all comes from north Queensland, it comes from our facility in Sarina,” he says.

“There’s no real issues on engine performance and the good news (is that) it gives a better smell, there’s fewer fumes, less exhaust smoke, so overall it actually ticks the box on a number of environmental benefits.”

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Ethanol Blends’ Effects On Cars

Mr Ethanol — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:54:08 +0000

istockAnalyst.com:
The fruits, so far, of a $497,000 grant to Minnesota State University to study ethanol: A 20 percent blend appears to be no harder on vehicles than regular gasoline.

The study, led by Bruce Jones and Jim Rife in MSU’s automotive engineering technology department, has tested the effects of different blends of ethanol on the raw materials of a vehicle as well as fuel system parts.

Today all gas sold in Minnesota includes 10 percent ethanol. Some gas is 85 percent ethanol ( called E85). It’s the intermediate blends — between 10 percent and 85 percent — that MSU is studying.

It’s using regular vehicles, not the “flex fuel” models specifically designed to run on high ethanol blends. Jones said research into the 20 percent blend has just been completed.

Tests on raw materials — the metals, plastics and rubber- like substances — found no problems with the E20 blend.

Likewise, fuel pumps using regular gasoline, E10 and E20 were run for 5,000 hours and there was no more wear and tear on the higher- ethanol blend.

The research is being done to support a Minnesota proposal to move to a 20 percent blend in all gasoline by 2012.

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Brazil Invited To Join OPEC. Brazil Please Beware!

Mr Ethanol — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:39:57 +0000

Huffington Post:
How gracious of OPEC to invite Brazil to join its ranks as was reported earlier this month by “Veja”, Brazil’s weekly newsmagazine. A cautionary note. Please Brazil beware!

Probably no existing organization casting worldwide influence has achieved the level of opprobrium among real people as that of the OPEC cartel. And by “real people” is meant those not affiliated with the oil industry, those not professional speculators pushing for ever higher oil prices, and those who are not oil industry flacks and their peak oil echo chamber. In other words those who pay and whose lives are constricted by the OPEC cartels market manipulation and willful disinformation.

Remember when joining a club, even when one is invited to do so, it is worthwhile, no imperative, to know who your fellow club members are and, what they purport to be. After all, you will begin to be judged in measure by their actions and governance.

Certainly none of us are perfect, and defects in varying degree abound. But when public policy and avowed government tolerance of egrious behavior is so at variance to ones own standards, its best to think twice before jumping aboard.

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Ethanol From Forages

Mr Ethanol — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:00:26 +0000

Delta Farm Press:
Cellulosic ethanol is being hailed as the biofuel that will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent, reduce U.S. dependence of foreign oil and won’t take prime ag land away from food production.

Yet the biofuel, made from grass, wood or other non-edible plant material, is probably five years from commercial production despite U.S. Department of Energy funding and university and private company research.

At the same time, growers are wondering where they may fit in this new market and how they can prepare for it. Pilot cellulosic ethanol facilities are being built in a number of states, including Tennessee, South Dakota, Louisiana, Kentucky and Florida.

Pilot plants are scheduled to begin production this year, starting with readily available crop residues like corn cobs and stover. But there are challenges, including finding an efficient way to convert plant materials to produce cellulosic ethanol and creating government policies that encourage biorefinery investments and growth as well as allow biomass crop production on Conservation Reserve Program land.

One piece of the cellulosic ethanol puzzle that is in place is switchgrass. Varieties bred as dedicated energy crops are now being marketed commercially. Growers in Tennessee and Kentucky are learning to raise switchgrass, deemed by the Department of Energy as a prime crop that can provide good yields with low inputs on marginal land.

“Switchgrass has a lot of things going for it; it’s got a seed that’s easy to plant,” says Ken Vogel, USDA-ARS forage breeder at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “It’s easy for farmers to handle and, for the first generation of energy crops, we’re furthest along on this and we’ve got the most information on it.”

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Agriculture Department To Help Suffering Ethanol Suppliers

Mr Ethanol — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:00:14 +0000

Purchasing.com:
While suppliers in a variety of markets struggle, ethanol producers have perhaps been harder hit than most—hit by volatile corn prices wreaking havoc on balance sheets, hit by declining ethanol and gasoline prices, hit by a massive slide in demand, all happening amid record-tight credit markets.

The latest victim was Wisconsin-based ethanol producer Renew Energy, which filed for bankruptcy in February after a bank refused to renew its operating loan. Archer Daniels Midland Co., the third-largest U.S. ethanol producer, estimates that 21% of U.S. ethanol production capacity has been idled amid the economic recession.

“While we did foresee the overbuilding of some supply a while ago, we did not foresee the depth of this current economic crisis or the decline in gasoline demand,” said ADM CEO Patricia Woertz on a conference call with analysts.

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UOP, Vaperma Offer Ethanol Efficiency Technology

Mr Ethanol — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:00:05 +0000

Ethanol Producer Magazine:
Illinois-based UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has formed an agreement with advanced gas separation systems developer Vaperma Inc. to jointly offer energy efficiency and emissions reduction technology for ethanol dehydration.

According to the agreement, Honeywell will offer and market Vaperma’s Siftek polymer membrane technology, which was commercially launched in June 2008 and is applicable to conventional crop-based ethanol, as well as cellulosic ethanol plants.

The Siftek technology can be used in ethanol production to “de-water” ethanol streams to get a higher than 99 percent pure fuel-grade ethanol product. “Second-generation cellulosic processes will benefit the most from steam savings and allow for increased bioelectricity generation and revenue,” said Vaperma Chief Executive Officer and President Claude Letourneau…

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Obama On Ethanol Boost

Mr Ethanol — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:00:27 +0000

Quad City Times:
President Barack Obama has weighed in on the request to raise the cap on the amount of ethanol that can be blended with gasoline.

Ethanol groups have asked that it be raised from 10 percent to 15 percent. Earlier, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he liked the idea of an increase, though not necessarily to 15 percent.

Yesterday, regional reporters, including one from the Des Moines Register, met with Obama and the president was asked what his position is on the request and whether he’d be involved in the decision.

Here’s what he had to say, according to a White House transcript:

At some point I usually get involved. If it — somebody explained to me that nothing comes to my desk if it’s easy. (Laughter.) It means that somebody else has solved it. And I suspect that this one will be reconciling a lot of different issues.

As you know, I’ve been a supporter of biofuels. I think it is an important ingredient in our overall energy independence. I’ve also said — and I said during the campaign trail in Iowa, in front of farmers — that it was important for us to transition to the next generation of biofuels, that we’ve got to do a much better job of developing cellulosic ethanol, that corn-based ethanol, over time, is not going to provide us with the energy-efficient solutions that are needed…

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