Title :
Determination of ethanol content in gasoline: theory and experiment
Author :
Santos, Edval J P
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Devices & Nanostructures, Univ. Fed. de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Abstract :
Adulterated gasoline may cause problems to the car engine, may present health hazards, and causes losses of tax revenues by the government. Recently, with the deregulation of the Brazilian oil market, there has been rising concerns regarding the quality of Brazilian gasoline. According to ANP (Brazilian regulatory authority), the gasoline is being adulterated by adding a higher concentration of ethanol, or using hydrated ethanol, or adding foreign solvents. This work presents a portable electronic method for the determination of ethanol content in Brazilian gasoline.
Keywords :
chemical sensors; electric sensing devices; permittivity measurement; petroleum; ANP Brazilian regulatory authority; Brazilian oil market deregulation; adulterated Brazilian gasoline; car engine; ethanol addition; foreign solvents; gasoline ethanol content; health hazards; hydrated ethanol; portable electronic method; tax revenues; Consumer electronics; Dielectric constant; Engines; Ethanol; Hazards; Petroleum; Power transmission lines; Radio frequency; Solvents; Sugar industry;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7824-5
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2003.1244884
