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Title: Ethanol: Coming Soon to a Pump Near You


1
Ethanol Coming Soonto a Pump Near You
  • Harold Haskew Associates
  • November 2, 2006
  • IBEX 2006

2
Ethanol in Gasoline?
  • Improves exhaust emissions mainly CO
  • A high-octane blending component
  • Displaces demand for petroleum
  • Increases demand for American corn
  • Decreases global warming from CO2
  • Federal law limits low-level blends to 10

3
Petroleum Use Through 2004
  • Source Energy information Admin/Annual Energy
    Review 2004

4
Chinese Auto Production
Sources China Motor Vehicle Documentation
Center, 2 Rue de Reparts, Ortaffa, France.
www.chinesecars.net Foreign Technology in
Chinas Auto Industry Implications for Energy,
Economic Development and Environment By Kelly
Sims Gallagher, China Environment Series, Issue
VI CATARC, 2002 Auto Industry of China China
Auto (Jan. 2003)
5
Auto Production in India
Source Society of Indian Automobile
Manufacturers, www.siamindia.com
6
Domenici-Barton Energy Policy Act of 2005
  • New national policy requires that fuel ethanol
    increase to 7.5 billion gallons per year by 2012
  • If blended as E10, it means that over 50 of the
    nation fuels will contain ethanol

7
Sources of Ethanol
  • Grain ethanol made from corn, sorghum, barley,
    etc. typical of US, Europe
  • Sugar ethanol made from sugar cane typical of
    Brazil
  • Cellulosic ethanol made from plant fiber, wood,
    switchgrass, crop residues, etc

8
Gasolines are mixtures of many hydrocarbon
molecules
Ethanol C2H5OH
MTBE C5H12O
Butane C4H10
Oxygenates were required in gasolines in SMOG
prone cities. MTBE is being banned, leaving
ethanol as the popular choice
Toluene C7H8
Octane C8H14
9
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Summary
  • Increasing amounts of US gasoline will contain
    10 ethanol in the near future
  • Ethanol can create problems with hoses, seals,
    filters and tanks
  • Marine fuel systems have to be tolerant
  • Our next speakers will elaborate
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