This paper gives a brief history of the ethyl alcohol powered farm tractor, traces the role of EMBRAPA and the farm tractor and agricultural engine manufacturers in that history, describes currently available farm tractor models and estimates present and future demand for these tractors in Brazil. About 1 % Brazil's tractor fleet is alcohol powered and Alcohol tractor production is presently 1200 per year.
Brazilian alcohol powered farm tractors: Past, present and future
Alkoholbetriebene Trecker in der Landwirtschaft Brasiliens: Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft
7th Int. Symp. on Alcohol Fuels, Inst. Francais du Petrole ; 1 , Okt ; 528-532
1986
5 Seiten, 1 Bild, 1 Tabelle, 6 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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