The use of cane molasses for the manufacture of motor fuels as experienced in the early 1920s

Conference · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1980 · Alternative Energy Sources; (United States)

OSTI ID:7177112

Freeland, E C

During the years 1919-1923 alcohol motor fuel was manufactured from sugar cane molasses in British Guiana. This alcohol motor fuel, known by the trade name of Alcolene, consisted of a mixture of about 63% ethyl alcohol, 35% ethyl ether, and 1% gas oil and pyridine. It was produced by fermenting cane molasses for the production of ethyl alcohol and afterwards manufacturing ethyl ether by treating a part of the ethyl alcohol with sulphuric acid in special distillation equipment manufactured by Walter E. Lummus., Boston, Massachusetts which mixed the alcohol and ether during the manufacturing process. No refrigeration was required. This Alcolene Motor Fuel was sold on the market in British Guiana for several years and used successfully in many types of gasolene engines with very little adjustment of the engines. Alcolene gave about 20 miles per US gallon as compared with 22.5 miles per gallon of gasolene. The motor engines remained in perfect condition when using this alcohol motor fuel.

• OSTI ID: 7177112
• Report Number(s): CONF-801210-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Alternative Energy Sources; (United States) Journal Volume: 3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALCOHOLS
AUTOMOTIVE FUELS
AZINES
BIOCONVERSION
BRITISH GUIANA
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SUBSTITUTION EQUIVALENT
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
ETHANOL
ETHERS
ETHYL ETHER
FERMENTATION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
GAS OILS
GRAMINEAE
GRASS
HEAT ENGINES
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
LATIN AMERICA
MARKET
MIXING
MOLASSES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PLANTS
PRODUCTION
PYRIDINES
SOUTH AMERICA
SUGAR CANE
SULFURIC ACID
SYNTHETIC FUELS