Chapter 6
Alternative Fuels
Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter, the reader will be able to:
- Describe how oxygenated fuels help reduce exhaust emissions
- List the types of oxygenated fuels
- Discuss how ethanol is made using grains or cellulose
- Explain phase separation
- Discuss safety precautions when working with methanol
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of propane as a vehicle fuel
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of CNG as a vehicle fuel
- List the safety precautions that need to be adhered to when working with alternative fuels
Key Terms
- Alternative-fuel vehicle (AFV)
- Coal-to-Liquid (CTL)
- Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
- E10
- E15
- E85
- Ethanol
- Fischer-Tropsch
- Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFVs)
- FTD
- Gasoline
- Gas-to-Liquid (GTL)
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
- Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)
- Methanol
- Methanol-to-Gasoline (MTG)
- Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs)
- Oxygenated Fuels
- Phase Separation
- Propane
- Synthetic Fuel
- Unterground Coal Gasification (UCG)
- Virtual Flexible Fuel Vehicle (V-FFV)
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Converting a Gasoline Fueled Vehicle to Propane
CNG – Is it Cleaner than Gasoline?
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