alcoholdriven
Alcoholdriven is an adjective used to describe machinery, vehicles, or systems that derive their energy from alcohol fuels, most commonly ethanol or methanol. In practice, alcoholdriven designs are engines or power units configured to run on pure alcohol fuels or on blends with gasoline, such as ethanol-gasoline blends, and can also refer to portable or stationary equipment like generators or heating devices that use alcohol-based fuels.
The term encompasses a range of applications, from dedicated alcohol engines used in some research or niche
Technical considerations for alcoholdriven systems include energy density, which is generally lower for ethanol than for
See also: ethanol fuel, methanol, biofuel, flexible-fuel vehicle.