FUTURE FUELS

Jack Doughty

Evan Huntley

Reece Martin

Jackson Cain

Octane Background Info

Releases carbon fumes ~ not

environmentally healthy

Highly flammable and can be

explosive

$50/Barrel ~ Not overly costly

Most bang for your buck

Equation ~ 2C 8 H 18 + 25O 2 --> 16

CO 2 + 18 H2 O

Methanol Background Info

Water soluble and biodegradable ~

occurs naturally in environment

Very environmentally friendly ~ burns

cleanly

Often used as a replacement fuel for

others fuels

$202.50/Barrel

Doesn’t run well on its own ~ often has to

be combined with another gas (gasoline)

Equation ~ 2CH 3 0H + 3O 2 --> 2CO 2

+ 4H2 O

Ethanol Background Info

Renewable energy source

Runs a little better than methanol

Better when blended with other gases (gasoline)

$654/barrel

Burns cleanly ~ naturally clean burn

Burns slowly ~ 2x as slow as methanol and ethanol

Most bang for your buck

Equation ~ C 2 H 5 OH + 3O 2 --> 2CO 2 + 3H2 0

Ethanol is a gas

Comparison Moles/Barrel Octane:8 moles/barrel ~ 2,500 moles of Octane/budget Methanol: 15 moles/barrel ~ 329 moles of Methanol/budget Ethanol: 27 moles/barrel ~ 56 moles of Ethanol/budget

Cost/Mole Octane: $6.25/mole Methanol: $13/mole Ethanol: $17/mole

Each Equation Produces The Same Amount Of Energy

Octane (1 unit of energy)-->makes 16 CO2

Methanol (1 unit of energy)-->makes 2 CO2

Ethanol (1 units of energy)-->makes 2 CO2

Comparison

Most Healthy1. Ethanol

2. Methanol

3. Octane

Least Costly1. Octane2. Methanol3. Ethanol

Best MPG1.Ethanol2.Methanol 3.Octane

1 Million Dollar Budget!60,000 Units of Energy!

Our Fuel Choice is...

Ethanol

Why We Chose Ethanol

Cleanest Energy Source

Best MPG

MPG makes up for cost ~ buy it

less often

Easiest to get~ Renewable/In

abundance

Best ratio of MPG+Cost/Healthy

Pays off better in long run

Why Not The Others? Octane is too dirty of a fuel With our budget of 1 million dollars we

can get ; 20,000 barrels of Octane 1,529 barrels of Ethanol 4,938 barrels of Methanol Ethanol’s MPG makes up for the cost in

the long run and its most healthy

Our Values We came to the

conclusion that we value the MPG and well being of the environment over the cost. In fact the cost is made up in the MPG because with ethanol you have to take less trips to the gas station, therefore spending less money. This is why ethanol is the best choice for Future Fuels

-Future Fuels Team