UPSURGE OF A NEW ALCOHOLIC FUEL ERA FOR TRANSPORT SECTOR IN INDIA, IN THEFORM OF ETHANOL

Abstract

The search is on for ways to marry the twin goals of economic development and environmental protection, one of the most promising strategies could be the use of ethanol as a renewable fuel to reduce environmental pollution from India’s transport sector while creating new jobs in rural communities. Ethanol as a gasoline blend has helped to reduce dependence on oil import and harmful vehicular emission and improve the rural economy. Since ethanol is produced from biomass such as sugarcane, molasses and grains, its widespread use has led to higher biomass yield, rural economy and growth in Industry. The main aim of this paper: 1) Economic and Environmental benefits of use ethanol in India, 2) How ethanol use has helped to improve environmental quality and promote economic development, etc. So far, the discovery of fossil fuel reserves has more than kept pace with demand. Known resources now exceed a trillion (1012) tones in total compared with just over half this amount 30 years ago. Hydrocarbons get heavier, they become less volatile, and these heavier fractions make excellent liquid fuels for Cars, Lorries and Aircraft respectively. With this in mind, Ethanol, Methanol, Easter and Hydrogen are the principal renewable contenders. In the last decades, technological advances have lowered the cost of producing high quality fuels and chemical products from plant matter, while environmental regulations have raised the cost of manufacturing and using petroleum derived products, mounting evidence of the potential contribution of gasoline and diesel combustion to global climate interest in long term, sustainable fuel solutions for the transport sectors. Stakeholders, who were once adversaries, are today, working together, to move toward a “renewable energy” future. Structure of ethanol molecule that all bonds are single bonds During ethanol fermentation, glucose and other sugars in the corn (or sugarcane) are converted into ethanol and carbon dioxide. C6H12O6 → 2 C2H5OH+ 2 CO2 + heat During combustion ethanol reacts with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide, water, and heat: C2H5OH + 3 O2 → 2 CO2 + 3 H2O + heat --------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------