ALCOHOL- HYDROCARBON BLENDS - THE LIQUID FUELS FOR THE EIGHTIES

Australia's major fuel deficiency is in the area of liquid fuels, particularly liquid fuels for transport. This paper outlines a strategy that could be adopted to use its reserves of natural gas and more abundant reserves of black and brown coal to produce methanol for use as a liquid fuel. This would be accompanied by a parallel program aimed at the production of ethanol from crops. The uses of these alcohols in the 1980's would be as blends with liquid hydrocarbons from other sources (oil, shale oil, or even coal liquefaction). Some comments are made on costs of production and volumetric efficiencies of such blends. The paper concludes by discussing the changes necessary to conventional engines to make most effective use of these fuel blends. (Author/TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • The 1981 Engineering Conference, held in Canberra, March 23-27, 1981.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Engineers

  11 National Circuit
  Barton, A.C.T.,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Mathews, C T
  • Hall, S L
• Conference:
  • The 1981 Engineering Conference, held in Canberra, March 23-27, 1981.
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 399-402

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Blends; Coal; Conferences; Costs; Crops; Economic efficiency; Ethanol; Evaluation and assessment; Fuels; Hydrocarbons; Liquefaction; Liquids; Methanol; Motors; Natural gas; Shale oil; Synthetic fuels; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Modifications
• ITRD Terms: 7347: Alcohol; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 5911: Efficiency; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 3850: Fuel; 7367: Hydrocarbon; 6733: Liquid; 7338: Methanol; 9048: Modification; 1334: Motor; 1155: Transport
• Subject Areas: Energy; Transportation (General); Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00342969
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0 85925 143 4
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper 523, HS-033 709
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 29 1982 12:00AM