Review Article
The Bioethanol Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa: History, Challenges, and Prospects
Table 1
Properties of bioethanol as a transport fuel.
| Desired fuel property | Traditional fuel property | Bioethanol-fuel property | Reference |
| High octane number | 88 | 107 | [6, 10] | High oxygen content | 2.7% (w/w) | 35% (w/w) | [6, 53] | Low energy content | 31.3 MJ/dm3 | 21.2 MJ/dm3 | [12] | High Latent heat of vaporization | 0.30 MJ/kg | 0.91 MJ/kg | [6, 54] | Low heating value | 43.0 MJ/kg | 26.7 MJ/kg | [6, 54] |
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