Meaning; MEMS: Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems: MEMS: Medication Event Monitoring System: MEMS: Microelectromecaniques
Ethanol, an alcohol fuel, is an important fuel for the operation of internal combustion engines that are used in cars, trucks, and other kinds of machinery. 1  Ethanol was first isolated from wine in approximately 1100 and was found to burn shortly thereafter. Ethanol production rises to the 4-billion-US-gallon (15,000,000 m 3) level. 2  Between 1997 and 2002, three million U.S. cars and light trucks are produced which could run on E85, a blend of 85% ethanol with 15% gasoline.
In 1823, Samuel Brown patented the first internal combustion engine to be applied industrially. In 1860, Belgian Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir produced a gas-fired internal combustion engine. In 1864, Nikolaus Otto patented the first atmospheric gas engine. In 1872, American George Brayton invented the first commercial liquid-fuelled internal combustion engine. In 1876, Nikolaus Otto, working with Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, patented the compressed charge, four-cycle engine. In 1879, Karl Benz patented a reliable two-stroke gas engine.