Methanol, with the formula CH3OH and also known as wood alcohol, is considered an alternative fuel under the US Energy Policy Act of 1992. As an engine fuel it has chemical and physical properties similar to ethanol. It is generally produced by steam-reforming natural gas to create a synthesis gas, and although various feedstocks can produce it, natural gas is currently the most economical. Methanol was used in the 1990s as an alternative fuel for compatible vehicles, and current research focuses on its use as a sustainable marine fuel. It is also the liquid fuel consumed directly or after reforming in methanol fuel cells.
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Direct methanol fuel cell (Wikipedia)
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in which methanol is used as the fuel and a special proton-conducting polymer as the membrane (PEM)
Wikipedia: Reformed methanol fuel cell
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the fuel, methanol (CH3OH), is reformed, before being fed into the fuel cell
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In an AAEMFC, the fuel, hydrogen or methanol, is supplied at the anode and oxygen through air, and water are supplied at cathode.
Methanol (Wikipedia)
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Methanol (also called methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical compound and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the chemical formula CH3OH (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH).
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