Rozita Kaviani - Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran

Simply put, ethanol made from non-food biological sources is called bioethanol. Ethanol or regular alcohol with the formula C۲H۵-OH can be made using cheap or inexpensive cellulosic sources, such as straw, wood chips, agricultural residues, whey, or relatively valuable carbon sources such as sugar beet molasses or sugarcane molasses. Or provided quite valuable carbon sources such as sugar and starch. Agricultural wastes are mainly composed of cellulose, which is the most abundant natural organic matter and it is estimated that ten trillion tons of it is generated every year on the surface of the earth by biosynthesis. In this article, while introducing the sources of bioethanol, it justifies its use and discusses its use as a green fuel in cars. It is possible.

Bioethanol, Fuel, Environmental, Ethanol