Biobutanol - an alcohol product produced by the BP & DuPont partnership that will reach commercial volumes by the end of 2007 per the FAQ's found on the BP/DuPont Biobutanol web site - http://www2.dupont.com/Biofuels/en_US/FAQ.html.

According to their posted information at the site noted above, this biofuel, alcohol product has characteristics that enable this high performance fuel to be blended with gasoline as well as ethanol-gasoline mixtures. It can be used in vehicles with no modifications required. And, it has an added benefit for ethanol in that it capable of "...improving ethanol vapour pressure and water absorption" as noted on the web site page listed above.

This biofuel can be made from corn, wheat, sugar cane and sugar beets. With a similar fermentation process and minor alterations to the distillation process (compared to ethanol), it compares to how ethanol is produced. And in the future it will be able to be made from biomass/cellulosic feedstocks.

Here's their web page for more facts on biobutanol: http://www2.dupont.com/Biofuels/en_US/facts/index.html

 

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