Chemistry coursework – Fuels Planning ======== Aim --- In this investigation I will have to find out which of the alcohol fuels: methanol, ethanol, propanol and butanol, is the best. The ‘best’ one will be the one which creates the most energy whilst burning. Introduction and prediction --------------------------- A fuel is a substance burned for heat or power. The best type of fuel is one that: can be transported safely without the worry of it catching on fire, gives out a
Experiment to Find Out Which Fuel Produces Most Energy Aim === My objective in this piece of coursework is to determine which of five fuels produces the most energy and if the energy production relates to the amount of carbons.. The fuels are Ethanol, Propanol, Propan-2-ol, Butanol and Butan-2-ol. Setting up the practical. Because there are some restrictions on the time we are going to have to perform the experiment, we are first going to find out a set up that would allow us
Investigating Which Alcohol is the Best Fuel AIM: I am carrying out an investigation to see which alcohol is the best fuel. I will do this by experimenting with different alcohols and setting them alight and measuring different factors. I will analyse all my results and try to discover patterns, which should help me to conclude which alcohol is the best fuel. PLAN ==== This is how my experiment will be set out: ========================================== Keeping this
Investigating Fuels Aim; To find out the heat of combustion in the five fuels; Methanol, Ethanol, Propanol, Butanol, Pentanol, All of these alcohols are apart of the Hydrocarbon chain. Apparatus; I will need the following to carry out my investigation for the Experiment; Top pan balance - To measure the weight of the fuel. Clamp Stand - To hold the boiling tube above the crucible. Boiling tube - To hold 30 cubic centimetres of water in. Heat proof mat -
a glimpse of a dark green turtle, camouflaged by the algae-laden water. It is truly awing that something as seemingly trivial as algae are being ardently pursued by research scientists across the globe today. As the world faces depletion of fossil fuel reserves and the threat of global climate change, researchers are looking into alternate energy sources that are renewable, globally available, and environmentally friendly. It is predicted that by 2035, the worldwide demand for energy will increase
heating water using different alcohols as fuels and measuring the amount of fuel consumed. From working out how much fuel has been used I can work out how much bond energy has released from the molecules of the alcohol. From those results I will be able to say which alcohol is the best for combustion and which one is the worst to combust. · A good fuel should produce a lot of heat energy and use a small amount of fuel. (economical) · A bad fuel uses a lot of fuel and produces less heat energy. (non-economical)
Fuel Wars A response to the increasing gas prices Over the past two years, it has been said that gas prices would begin to rise in 1999. Immediately, this news grasped the attention of the business sector and public. Both spent their time devising a plan, on how to keep the prices low, but the time has come for these plans to begin working. The fuel prices have increased dramatically and the economy is now starting to feel the effect. Around the world, the increase of the price of crude oil has hit
traditional fuels because they are environmentally sound. The environment is as important as human life. Biofuels Helps make the environment better and is safer to use. Nicole Colson expresses, that biofuels are better in his article “Corn, Incorporated: The Ethanol Scam”. Nicole Colson claims that, “Burning of fossil fuels is the primary cause of global warming and destructive climate change that is already wreaking havoc around the globe...So if a more environmentally friendly fuel could be derived
The link between the number of carbon atoms in a fuel with the amount of energy it releases Alcohols generally belong to compounds whose molecules are based on chains of carbon atoms. They usually contain one oxygen atom, which is joined to a carbon atom by a singular bond. This makes them different to other compounds. The oxygen atom is joined to the hydrogen atom as well as the carbon atom, which makes the oxygen a part of a hydroxyl group. These atoms are generally a part of a hydrocarbon chain
suppression to no suppression at all. We now seem to have reached a balance between the two schools of thought and fall somewhere in the middle. Physics and Chemistry of Fire Fire Triangle There are three main components to the fire triangle: fuel, heat, and oxygen. Matter States Matter exists in three basic states: solid, liquid, or gas. A substance experiences a phase change when the physical characteristics of that substance change from one state to another state. Perhaps the most recognizable
order to be more energy efficient.1 This lack of natural ventilations in buildings leads to risk of exposure to harmful contaminants. Background & public health implications The national burden of disease due to poor indoor air quality from solid fuel use was first assessed in 2002.2 A Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in 1976 is the most discussed case of illness due to poor indoor environment.1 Poor indoor air quality can cause changes in a person’s health in a wide array of acute and chronic symptoms
potent fuel mixture you can find. You may have heard of a type of racing called “Top Fuel”, it is the fastest type of racing in the world. Where your car may push out around 200 horsepower, the Top Fuel cars can have up to 10,000 horsepower, they can get to over 300 mph in less than 4 seconds. This insane speed is due to their massive engines, and very potent fuel, nitromethane. A 4 stroke engine has four steps to complete one cycle. First, there is the intake stroke; this is where the fuel mixture
Fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas are currently the world’s largest energy supply sources. However, all of it is non-renewable resources which means that it will take extremely long time to be formed and with the huge amount of consumption rate, one day the world will ran out of its main energy source. Therefore, alternative energy sources are needed to cut off the dependence on fossil fuels. One of the best alternative energy sources is ethanol. Ethanol is a renewable energy
burned, the wicks also left residue inside the fuel being tested. Another factor that could have changed the results in a significant way was the possibility that the fuels were mixed. Fuels were not provided in separate bottles to individual groups as multiple groups of students were testing and thus fuels were shared. The risk here is that fuels could have been mixed in the ones used for testing, for example, ethanol could have been mixed with butanol influencing the enthalpy or flame length. It
The recent surge in the cost of heating oil, diesel fuel, and gasoline in the United States has had significant impact on many sectors of the U.S. economy, but most importantly it has had quite a devastating affect on the trucking industry. This is important due to the fact that nearly “70% of U.S. communities rely solely on trucking for their supplies” (“ATA” 23). If the government continues it’s trend of non-intervention and refuses to place pressure on OPEC, the prices will continue to soar well
reactions are the topic of my paper. First of all, how does a fire work? A fire is a chemical reaction known as combustion. It is a chemical reaction between oxygen in the atmosphere and some sort of fuel such as wood or gasoline (Fire). For the reaction to take place, you have to heat the fuel to its ignition temperature. When wood reaches the temperature of 300 degrees Fahrenheit, or 150 degrees Celsius, the heat starts to decompose parts of the cellulose material that makes up the wood. These
bottle with hydrogen gas and then put a flame under the bottle and measure how much it flew upwards. To do this we mixed magnesium strips into hydrochloric acid. A combustion reaction takes place in this experiment. The investigation topic is about the fuel that makes a space rocket fire. A combustion reaction is more known as burning. Combustion isn’t always burning, but when it is, the flame causes most of the reaction ( in our case, to make our bottle fire up ). We light the fire with a match, the
Fossil fuel plays leading role in upsetting environmental and climatic protection. Our earth is at catastrophic risk by the exploitation of fossil fuels. Therefore, Pressure is on to find viable alternatives for energy to save bring a clean revolution. In that case, Bio-fuels make an attractive alternative for energy than fossil fuels. Various provocative questions need discussion that what are the attractive differences between both the fuels, why fossil fuel dependence are to be actually minimized
from materials derived from biological sources. Biomass is any organic material that has hold on daylight within the form of chemical energy. As a fuel it could contains straw, wood, sugarcane, wood waste, manure, and plenty of alternative byproducts from a range of agricultural processes. In its narrow meaning, it's an equivalent word to biofuel that is fuel derived from biological sources. The broader sense of bioenergy consist of biomass, the biological material used as a biofuel, as well as scientific
of Fossil Fuels Fossil fuels cause pollution, smog, and the greenhouse effect. Fossil fuels really do negatively impact our environment, especially when it comes to global warming, Although there is controversy over whether or not fossil fuels are causing the planet to warm, or whether it is warming naturally, there is significant research that supports the former hypothesis. When fossil fuels are burned, they emit different levels of carbon dioxide. The burning of fossil fuels has increased