Methanol Water Separation
Methanol is used as an alternative energy resource to reduce the use of fossil fuels. Methanol blended with gasoline improves the thermal efficiency of engines and reduces the emission of exhaust gas. Another application of methanol is in fuel cells to directly convert chemical energy to electric energy and offers clean energy conversion. In addition, methanol is important in chemical industrial processes. Methanol (CH3OH) is water-soluble and readily biodegradable, comprising four parts hydrogen, one part oxygen, and one part carbon, and is the simplest member of a group of organic chemicals called alcohols. Methanol is a clean-burning, biodegradable fuel. Increasingly, methanol’s environmental and economic advantages make it an attractive alternative fuel for powering vehicles and ships, cooking food, and heating homes. As renewable energy, methanol can be produced by fermentation of biomass, such as corn, sugarcane, sorghum, and microalgae. In the production processes, separat...