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The mixture of hydrogen and ethanol, in addition to revolutionizing performance and reducing fuel consumption in flex-fuel engines, will mobilize the chemical, petrochemical and material sectors.
The project aimed at improving the energy efficiency of flex-fuel engines using the technique of hydrogen enrichment extracted by catalytic reforming inside the vehicle. The technology combines ethanol and hydrogen to improve engine performance and reduce pollutant emissions.
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The Partnership agreement signed between Centro Universitário FEI and the Federal Government's Priority Program Rota 2030, aims to stimulate technological development and increase the competitiveness of the national vehicle industry.
“The ethanol-hydrogen mixture has the advantage of being able to be applied directly to the engine without major structural modifications. In addition to meeting a demand from the Brazilian automobile industry, the project has the potential to mobilize several productive sectors, including the chemical, petrochemical and materials sectors, favoring the development of national technologies, market expansion and exploration of new industrial applications”, explains professor Ricardo Belchior Torres, general coordinator of the program and of the chemical engineering course at FEI.
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The project will receive an investment of BRL 3 million from the Research Development Foundation (Fundep) and around BRL 2,4 million from the private sector and ICTs. (Science and Technology Institutions) participants.
Increase in the price of ethanol, gasoline and now CNG will further impact the pockets of app and taxi drivers
CNG became popular in Brazil when it was used by app drivers and taxi drivers. This is because it has better performance and is cheaper than ethanol and gasoline fuels. According to the BR distributor, the savings is 60%, average.
A popular car that runs 100 km per day does 8 km per liter of alcohol, 10 km per liter of gasoline and 12 km per cubic meter of CNG. But the costs of installing the cylinders in the trunk are high, between R$3 and R$6, in addition to the disadvantage of taking up space in the trunk.
The option for fuel gained strength at the beginning of this year with the rise in gasoline and ethanol, which add up to 40,76% and 25%, respectively. While the cubic meter of CNG costs R$ 2,984, gasoline costs R$ 5,328 per liter and ethanol, R$ 3,818, in prices for São Paulo measured by the ANP (National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels).
Raízen, from the Shell Group, wants to build three plants producing ethanol made from sugarcane bagasse and straw
Raízen, the giant global ethanol producer together with Shell, intends to build three more power plants cellulosic ethanol — or second-generation. The good news was announced by businessman Rubens Ometto, from Cosan, last Monday (15/03)
The technology for producing cellulosic ethanol emerged from a partnership between Shell and the Canadian company Logen, specialized in biotechnology. In the past harvest (2019/20), the Piracicaba unit produced 226 liters of ethanol for each ton of dry biomass.
