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- Section 1 - Understanding Alcohol: Visions and Solutions
- Section 2 - Making Alcohol: How to Do It
- Section 3 - Co-Products from Making Alcohol
- Section 4 - Using Alcohol as Fuel
- Ch 13 - Surprise! Ethanol Is the Perfect Fuel
- Ch 14 - Alcohol Versus Gasoline in Your Engine
- Ch 15 - Carburetion
- Ch 16 - Fuel Injection
- Ch 17 - Cold-Start Systems
- Ch 18 - Ignition Timing
- Ch 19 - Assorted Adjustments
- Ch 20 - Converting to High Compression
- Ch 21 - Smaller Engines
- Ch 22 - Flexible-Fuel and Dual-Fuel Systems
- Ch 23 - Methanol and Butanol
- Ch 24 - Cogeneration and Other Systems to Provide Energy from Alcohol
- Ch 25 - How Diesel Engines Can Run on Alcohol
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Alcohol Research
Suggestions for Ethanol Research:
General Ethanol Information:
The Alcohol Glossary, compiled by John E. Murtagh
Journey to Forever, based in Japan , is a great all-round resource for biofuels, community development, and appropriate technology.
Ethanol | The Energy Balance of Ethanol | Food or Fuel | Ethanol resources on the web | JTF Online Biofuels Library | Mother's Alcohol Fuel Seminar | Schools participation | Farm-scale ethanol fuel production plant |
Green Trust: Green Trust is a NY-based non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of renewable, sustainable technology.
Ethanol | More on Alcohol | In Defense of Alcohol | Anhydrous Ethanol | Dehydrating Alcohol Using Glycerin |
The Online Distillery Network for Distilleries & Fuel Ethanol Plants Worldwide
"Alcohol Distillation: Basic principles, equipment, performance, relationships and safety," Purdue University
Do-It-Yourself Ethanol Projects:
"How to Modify Your Car to run on Alcohol Fuel," by Roger Lippman
"Convert Your Car to Alcohol," by Keat B. Drane
"Home Distillation of Alcohol," by Tony Ackland
"Make Your Own Fuel," by Robert Warren
"Making and Testing a Biodiesel Fuel made from Ethanol and Waste French-Fry Oil," a printable file (PDF) from the University of Idaho
"The Manual for Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel," by S.W. Mathewson
Energy Information Portal of the U.S. Department of Energy
Research on Ethanol:
The Journey to Forever Biofuels Library has a wealth of emissions information
University of Iowa, John Van Gerpen
A search for ethanol on the University of Minnesota's site
"Powered by Your Liquor Cabinet, New Biofuel Cell Could Replace Rechargeable Batteries," Saint Louis University
"Ethanol Fuel Additive May Help Solve Diesel Emissions Puzzle," Argonne National Laboratory
"Details of Fuels," a printable file (PDF) from Comparison of Transport Fuels, Australian Greenhouse Office
Ethanol Organizations:
Ethanol Producers and Consumers
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
