Iran methanol

Properties of Iran methanol

Methyl alcohol, more commonly known as methanol, is a light, volatile, colorless, flammable liquid with a distinctive alcoholic odor. The production of methanol is mainly done by the industrial hydrogenation of carbon monoxide. Some of the properties of methanol are listed below:

• Appearance: Colorless liquid
• Odor: Sweet and pungent
• Density: 0.792 g/cm3
• Melting point: −97.6 °C
• Boiling point: 64.7 °C
• Flashpoint: 11 to 12 °C (52 to 54 °F; 284 to 285 K)
• Explosive limits: 6-36%
• Solubility in water: miscible

The main hazards of methanol are toxicity and flammability. Methanol is moderately toxic for small animals and highly toxic to large animals and humans. Ingested methanol can be fatal/lethal or cause blindness and damage to the liver, kidneys, and heart. Repeated overexposure to methanol has an accumulative effect on the central nervous system, especially the optic nerve. Methanol and its vapors are also flammable.

Application of Iran methanol

Iran Methanol is used for the production of numerous consumer and industrial manufactured goods. It is a substitute source for fuel, so it is evident that it is prevalent in our everyday lives.

Almost half of the world’s methanol is consumed in energy-related applications.

Methanol is increasingly common as a fuel for factories and electricity generation since it is quite efficient as an energy carrier.

There are many ways to use methanol as a fuel. It can be used on its own as a vehicle fuel. An alternative is to blend it directly into gasoline. The European Fuel Quality Directive permits fuel producers to combine up to 3% methanol, with an equal amount of co-solvent, with gasoline. The final product will be a high-octane, adequate fuel with reduced emissions than conventional gasoline. Although in order to optimize engine performance and fuel availability, a blend of ethanol, methanol, and petroleum is probable to be preferable to using any of the material mentioned above alone.  Another alternative is to produce methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), a gasoline component that improves the quality of air, and dimethyl ether (DME), a clean-burning fuel with properties similar to propane. Methanol can also be employed as a clean-burning marine fuel that can cost-effectively meet the shipping industry’s increasingly strict emissions regulations.

Methanol has high potential as an environmentally sound fuel source, and the demand for it as an encouraging resource for a new era of clean energy is growing worldwide.

Other applications of methanol include using it as cooking fuel. It can also be used in thermal applications such as industrial boilers, furnaces, and kilns.

Methanol is used as a feedstock to produce various materials. It is used as a predecessor to other commodity chemicals, such as formaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl benzoate, anisole, peroxy acids. It also acts as a host to more specialized chemicals. These materials, in turn, are used in products like adhesives, foams, plywood subfloors, solvents, and windshield washer fluid.