Situation Analysis: Ethanol-Fuel Combustion Technology in Distributed Power Gene

The quest for alternative energy, particularly in the form of alternative fuel for distributed Power Generation Systems has bio-ethanol as a candidate. Although ethanol has been used in both internal combustion engine and external combustion engines, most such ethanol fuel has come from products of hydrocarbons processing operations; and as such the state of the fuel is well controlled. however, when the ethanol is produced under the banner of biofuel, and hence the ethanol is coming directly from an ethanol fermentation bioprocess, then the water content becomes dependent on the method of post-fermentation distillation process used to dry the fuel. The water content needless to state impacts the design and dynamics of the fuel combustion technology for Distributed Power Generation systems. Read more...