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Butanol: Agricultural Waste Runs Unmodified Cars
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According to Environmental Energy Inc., butanol can run in unmodified gas cars.
In the summer of 2005, EEI drove an unmodified '92 Buick across the US running on butanol. Here is a picture of the
Buick in front of the Route 66 Museum:
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Yummy. EEI uses a patented, two-stage process to convert biomass into butanol. They use a disciplined approach in
the design of their generator so that it doesn't have to be shut down and cleaned between batches. Unike most
ethanol and hydrogen schemes for addressing the liquid transportation fuels crisis, it doesn't take lots of petroleum
to create and distribute butanol. As EEI puts it, the plow to tire equation is positive. Further, the stream of
biomass that EEI envisions using is whey permeate waste. There is a *lot* of whey permeate waste that is not being
used right now that could be turned into gas for cars. Butanol can be run through pipelines, unlike ethanol, which is
too corrosive. This helps with the amount of petroleom needed for distribution, since you don't have to truck the fuel
to filling stations. BP and DuPont have also started to get into butanol; however, they call it biobutanol.
References and additional information:
Butanol Production Process
Butanol Replaces Gasoline
Boosting Biomass-to...Butanol?
BP and DuPont Announce Partnership to Develop Advanced Biofuels