3.Benefits of Bioethanol Bioethenol fuel has its own benefits listed as follows. 3.1.Chemical properties3] Ethanol or ethyl alcohol (C2H5OH)is a clear colourless liquid,it is biodegradable,low in toxicity and causes little environmental pollution if spilt.Ethanol burns to produce carbon dioxide and water.Ethanol is a high octane fuel and has replaced lead as an octane enhancer in petrol.Some of its properties are summarized in Table 1. Fuel property Isoctane Methanol Ethanol Cetane number 5 8 Octane number 100 112 107 Auto-ignition temperature (K) 530 737 606 Latent heat of vaporization (MJ/Kg) 0.26 1.18 0.91 Lower heating value (MJ/Kg) 44.4 19.9 26.7 Table 1.Some properties of alcohol fuels.Adapted from "Progress in bioethanol processing."Balat,Mustafa,H.Balat,and C.Oz,2008,Progress in Energy Combustion Science 34.5:551-573. 3.2.Renewability Bioethanol comes from a renewable resource i.e.crops and not from a finite resource and the crops it derives from can grow well in countries like UK(like cereals,sugar beet and maize). Besides,separated land are specified to be used to growing biomass plant,which is later used for producing ethonal by3. Benefits of Bioethanol Bioethenol fuel has its own benefits listed as follows. 3.1. Chemical properties[3] Ethanol or ethyl alcohol (C2H5OH) is a clear colourless liquid, it is biodegradable, low in toxicity and causes little environmental pollution if spilt. Ethanol burns to produce carbon dioxide and water. Ethanol is a high octane fuel and has replaced lead as an octane enhancer in petrol. Some of its properties are summarized in Table 1. Table 1. Some properties of alcohol fuels. Adapted from "Progress in bioethanol processing." Balat, Mustafa, H. Balat, and C. Öz, 2008, Progress in Energy & Combustion Science 34.5:551-573. 3.2. Renewability Bioethanol comes from a renewable resource i.e. crops and not from a finite resource and the crops it derives from can grow well in countries like UK (like cereals, sugar beet and maize). Besides, separated land are specified to be used to growing biomass plant, which is later used for producing ethonal by