Man fetur dangane da sharar distillation whiskey? Ku yarda da ni, an riga an fara amfani da shi.

Bayan Aston Martin DB6 Steering Wheel na Yarima Charles, wanda ke amfani da man fetur (ethanol) da aka yi daga farin giya, yanzu ya zo labarin cewa Glenfiddich na Scotland distillery zai iya samar da iskar gas daga sharar gida daga distillation na barasa.

Wannan gas din ya riga ya zama man fetur ga uku daga cikin manyan motoci 20 da yake da su a cikin rundunarsa, inda wannan matakin ya kasance wani shiri na dorewa da Glenfiddich da kansa, ke sayar da kusan kwalabe miliyan 14 na wiski a shekara.

Don yin wannan, injin ɗin ya yi amfani da fasahar da William Grant & Sons, kamfanin nasa ne ya ƙera, mai iya juyar da ragowar da sharar gida zuwa man iskar iskar carbon da ba ta da ƙarfi wanda ke samar da ƙarancin iskar carbon dioxide da sauran iskar gas mai cutarwa.

Babban abin da ake amfani da shi don samar da iskar gas yana kashe hatsin da ya rage daga tsarin cizon sauro, wanda Glenfiddich ya sayar da shi a baya don zama abinci mai yawan furotin don dabbobi.

Yanzu, hatsi suna bi ta hanyar tsarin narkewar anaerobic, inda ƙwayoyin cuta (kwayoyin cuta) ke sarrafa kwayoyin halitta, suna samar da gas. Distillery kuma yana iya amfani da sharar ruwa daga hanyoyinsa don samar da mai. Babban makasudin shine a sake sarrafa duk sharar wiski ta wannan hanyar.

Glenfiddich ya girka gidajen mai a wurinta, dake Dufftown, arewa maso gabashin Scotland, inda tuni aka canza manyan motoci guda uku don amfani da wannan iskar gas. Waɗannan su ne IVECO Stralis, wanda a baya ya yi amfani da iskar gas.

Da wannan sabon iskar gas da aka samu ta hanyar samar da wiski, Glenfiddich ya ce kowace babbar mota tana iya rage hayakin CO2 da sama da kashi 95% idan aka kwatanta da sauran da ke amfani da man dizal ko wasu albarkatun mai. Hakanan yana rage fitar da barbashi da sauran iskar gas da ake fitarwa zuwa kashi 99%.

“Kowace babbar mota za ta iya fitar da kasa da tan 250 na CO2 a shekara, wanda ke da fa’idar muhalli iri daya da dasa itatuwa 4000 a shekara – kwatankwacin kawar da hayakin gidaje 112 da ke amfani da iskar gas, man fetur. "

Stuart Watts, darektan distilleries a William Grant & Sons

Manufar ita ce faɗaɗa amfani da wannan man zuwa ga jiragen ruwa iri-iri na sauran samfuran wiski na William Grant & Sons, tare da yuwuwar haɓaka samar da iskar gas don hidimar manyan motocin wasu kamfanoni.