Power-grade butanol recovery and utilization

Technical Report · Fri Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5664355· OSTI ID:5664355

Noon, R.

As an alternative to the traditional recovery systems, it was proposed in a previous publication that the n-butanol/acetone/ethanol fermentation products could be recovered as a power grade fuel blend and used directly as a fuel. This would affect a savings in process energy requirements because each chemical component would not have to be processed individually to technical grade purity. Further, some residual water could be tolerated in the fuel blend. To develop such a power grade fuel recovery scheme beyond the conceptual stage, the Energy Research and Resource Division of the Kansas Energy Office undertook a two-fold program to demonstrate and test a power grade butanol/acetone/ethanol fuel recovery system, and further to demonstrate the feasibility of using the fuel blend in a standard type engine. A development program was initiated to accomplish the following objectives: design and test an operational power grade butanol recovery plant that would operate at one liter per hour output; and test and assess the performance of power grade butanol in a spark ignition automotive engine. This project has demonstrated that recovery of a power grade butanol fuel blend is simple and can be accomplished at a considered energy advantage over ethanol. It was further demonstrated that such a power grade blend works well in a typical spark ignition engine.

• Research Organization: Kansas Energy Office, Topeka (USA). Energy Research and Resource Development Div.
• DOE Contract Number: FG47-81AF93013
• OSTI ID: 5664355
• Report Number(s): DOE/AF/93013-T1; ON: DE82011212
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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