ALCOHOL- AN ALTERNATE FUEL FOR I.C. ENGINE

ALCOHOL- AN ALTERNATE FUEL FOR I.C. ENGINE

ABSTRACT

It has well been realized that the conventional fossil fuels used in internal combustion engine are exhaustible. The present concern about the growing shortage of conventional petroleum based fuels and the serious problems of environmental pollution from such engine have necessitated the search for alternative fuels for I.C. engine.
Alcohol (Methanol & Ethanol) offer the most promising substitute for petroleum as engine fuels at present. They are ideal as spark ignition engine fuels with their high flame speeds and low exhaust emission. As compression ignition engine fuels they have more significant handicaps.
It is hoped that methanol can become a practical alternative fuels for I.C. engine, since it claims superiority in regard to thermal efficiency over gasoline. Further it is found that it reduces considerably the harmful emission of hydrocarbon & oxides of nitrogen their by minimizing the environmental pollution.