Use of Alcohol in Farming Applications


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The use of alcohol with diesel fuel has been investigated as a means of extending diesel fuel supplies. The ability to use ethanol in diesel-powered farm equipment could provide the means for increasing the near-term fuels self-sufficiency of the American farmer. In the longer term, the potential availability of methanol (from coal) in large quantities could serve to further decrease the dependency on diesel fuel. This document gives two separate overviews of the use of alcohols in farm equipment. Part I of this document compares alcohol with No. 1 and No. 2 diesel fuels and describes several techniques for using alcohol in farm diesels. Part II of this document discusses the use of aqueous ethanol in diesel engines, spark ignition engines and provides some information on safety and fuel handling of both methanol and ethanol. This document is not intended as a guide for converting equipment to utilize alcohol, but rather to provide information such that the reader can gain insight on the advantages and disadvantages of using alcohol in existing engines currently used in farming applications.




Industrial Alcohol


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"It is important that the farmer should have a general idea of the uses to which industrial alcohol (usually denatures) may be devoted. While this information is not necessary for the production of the raw materials, it is nevertheless valuable in indicating the particular lines of industrial development which may be promoted by free alcohol in the arts as related to the welfare of agriculture. The technical uses of alcohol are extremely numerous and no attempt will be made to give them all, but only to mention those which are of the greatest importance." -- Intro.







Industrial Alcohol


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This work examines industrial alcohol and its relation and uses to agriculture.




Utilization of Farm Crops, Industrial Alcohol


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Fuel from Farms


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Decision to produce; Markets and uses; Market assessment; Prodution potential; Equipment selection; Financial requirements; Decision and planning workssheets; Basic ethanol production; Preparation of feedstocks, Fermentation; Distillation; Types of feedstocks; Coproduct yields; Agronomic considerations; Plant design; Overall plant considerations; Process control; Representative ethanol plant; Maintenance checklist; Business plan; Analysis of financial requirements; Organizational form; Financing; Case study; Summary of legislation; Bureau of alcohol, tabacco, and firearms permit information; Enviromental considerations.




Industrial Alcohol


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Excerpt from Industrial Alcohol: A Study of the Technology, Production, and Uses of Alcohol in Relation to Agriculture In 1906, following the earlier example Of France, Germany, Great Britain,2 and other nations, Congress passed an act, known as the Denatured Alcohol Act, permitting the production and sale Of tax free alcohol for industrial purposes but imposing certain restrictions on such use. The addition Of denaturing substances was authorized as a form Of preventative against the subsequent illegal recovery or use Of such alcohol, as a beverage, since all alcoholic beverages were, and still are, subject to taxation. In a supplemental act Of March 2, 1907, the original legislation was broadened. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Alcohol Fuel Options and Federal Policies


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