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Monday, 8 October 2012

fuels

Messing about with Year 10 for our C1 module, all about the atmosphere and fuels. A couple of good fuels here, firstly hydrogen. Very explosive, which in addition to it being a gas makes transport and storage of the fuel a challenge. However, the combustion of hydrogen results in no carbon emissions, with the only product of the reaction being water.

2 H2  +  O2   →  2 H2O


Secondly methanol, a very flammable alcohol. Alcohols have the distinct advantage of being renewable fuels which can be produced from the fermentation of sugars or biomass. This means that although they will still produce carbon dioxide as they burn, they are a much more sustainable form of energy when compared to traditional fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas.

2 CH3OH  +  3 O2  →  2 CO2  +  4 H2O


Thanks to Josh for sending both videos in.

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