High Octane Fuel: Terminal Backgrounder

Moriarty, Kristi¹ 

[1] National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

关键词: ethanol-based high octane fuel;    HOF;    energy consumption;    greenhouse gas emissions;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1239243
RP-ID  :  NREL/TP--5400-65760
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1239243

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The Bioenergy Technologies Office of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy sponsored a scoping study to assess the potential of ethanol-based high octane fuel (HOF) to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. When the HOF blend is made with 25%-40% ethanol by volume, this energy efficiency improvement is potentially sufficient to offset the reduced vehicle range often associated with the decreased volumetric energy density of ethanol. The purpose of this study is to assess the ability of the fuel supply chain to accommodate more ethanol at fuel terminals. Fuel terminals are midstream in the transportation fuel supply chain and serve to store and distribute fuels to end users. While there are no technical issues to storing more ethanol at fuel terminals, there are several factors that could impact the ability to deploy more ethanol. The most significant of these issues include the availability of land to add more infrastructure and accommodate more truck traffic for ethanol deliveries as well as a lengthy permitting process to erect more tanks.