Knowing What Bioethenol Is, Green Fuel With Higher Oktan Than Pertamax

Bioethenol illustration (Photo: Doc. unspash)

YOGYAKARTA PT Pertamina (Persero) will launch a new type of fuel oil (BBM) called bioethenol. In the near future, the state-owned oil and gas company will soon conduct a trial of the bioethenol trial market in Surabaya, East Java. So, what is bioethenol?

Adapted from the Gadjah Mada University Center for Energy Studies, bioethenol is a vegetable fuel made through the process of biological fermentation of organic materials, especially plants rich in carbohydrates, such as corn, sugar cane, sorghum and other plants.

In the fermentation process, the sugar contained in the above organic plants will be changed to ethanol. Well, ethanol obtained from fermented products can be used as fuel in vehicle engines.

Bioethenol is included in alternative environmentally friendly fuels, because it is strengthened by natural ingredients that are both edible and non-edible.

The results of bioethenol burning produce CO2 which can be used by plants so that bioethenol can be used as fuel.

Bioethenol produced from the fermentation of organic ingredients has various levels.

Bioethenol with a level of 90-94 percent is called industrial-level bioethenol. Next, bioethenol with a level of 94-99.5 percent or called neutral-level bioethenol. Generally, this type of bioethenol is used for liquor mixtures.

Finally, there is bioethenol with a minimum level of 99.5 percent. This type of bioethenol is used for engine root materials.

In a book entitled Biomass, Biopolymer-Based Materials and Bioenergy: Construction, Biomedical and Other Industrial Applications, bioethenol can be used for vehicle fuel like fuel without the need for modifications to the engine.

Not quite there, Bioethenol's Research Octane Number (RON) has a higher value than conventional fuel. Higher octane numbers allow higher engine compression ratios that increase machine efficiency and performance.

According to the Bioethanol Making Process Module written by Niamul Huda, the use of ethanol as fuel has several advantages over fuel oil (BBM). Among them:

However, bioethenol also has a number of weaknesses, including:

The bioethenol developed by Pertamina is the mixed product between Pertamax or BBM RON 92 with 5 percent ethanol and will produce environmentally friendly fuels with an octane number of 95 or the equivalent of Pertamax Plus.

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