Alcohol from Agricultural Commodities

Contents: Introduction -- Production and consumption of industrial alcohol -- Organization of the distillation industries -- Alcohol production capacities -- Foreign alcohol situation -- Alcohol from agricultural products -- Sources of alcohol (Saccharine materials, Starchy materials, Cellulosic materials, Synthetic alcohol) -- Financial aspects (Plant costs, Cost of Producing alcohol, Relative costs of alcohol from different farm crops, Corporate financing and control, Patent situation) -- Present status of methods for producing alcohol from agricultural products . (Technological progress, Byproducts) -- Possible post-war situation in the alcohol industry -- Alcohol for synthetic rubber production -- Alcohol for use in motor fuel (Alcohol motor fuel abroad, Post-war aspects of alcohol motor fuel, Other possible future motor fuels, Blending agents for alcohol gasoline fuels, Behavior of ethyl alcohol in an internal combustion engine) --Alcohol from waste products of the farm -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix