Timing of methanol supply and demand: Implications for alternative transportation fuel policies |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Energy Systems Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology (PUT), Iran;2. Renewable Energies Department, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran;1. Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Academia General Militar, Ctra. de Huesca s/n, 50.090 Zaragoza, Spain;2. Electrical Engineering Department, University of Zaragoza, Calle María de Luna, 3, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain;1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 15875‐4413 Tehran, Iran;2. Gas Research Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), 18745-4163 Tehran, Iran;1. Renewable Energies and Environmental Department, Faculty of New Science and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran;2. Faculty of Energy Systems Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology (PUT), Iran;1. Renewable Energies and Environment Department, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran;2. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Laboratory, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran;3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran;1. Renewable Energies and Environmental Department, Faculty of New Science and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran;2. Faculty of Energy Systems Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Iran |
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| Abstract: | The use of methanol as a transportation fuel may help the United States substantially reduce oil imports. However, significant reductions in U.S. oil imports will require that the current world methanol industry be much larger than it now is. This paper examines potential expansion rates of the world methanol industry. These expansion rates are used to determine the potential underutilization of flexible fuel vehicles caused by limitations on methanol supply. Depending on the specific comparison, methanol supply can be a constraint in the earlier years of methanol's use which limits the ability of the United States to substitute large volumes of oil with methanol. |
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