NOVELTY - Method of recovery of at least one alcohol from a dilute aqueous alcohol feed stream, comprises: providing a source of the alcohol feed stream; substantially removing any solids; circulating the obtained feed stream substantially devoid of solids through a liquid-liquid extraction system; recovering a raffinate phase substantially depleted in the alcohol and an extract phase substantially enriched in the alcohol; passing the extract phase to a recovery system; recovering the volatilized product; and recycling the solvent to the extraction system after the alcohol has been volatilized.    USE - The method is useful for recovery of alcohols comprising ethanol or butanol (all claimed), which is useful as fuels.    ADVANTAGE - The method is efficient and economical. The method does not require distillation to affect separation. The standard solvent extractor used in this method, simplifies the commercial implementation of this process, such extractors are commonly useful in petroleum refineries and chemical plants, and cheaper than distillation apparatuses, hence they need not be made of stainless steel. The hollow fiber membrane contactor provides a large area for interfacial transport without physically mixing the dilute aqueous alcohol feed stream and the extraction solvent, thus eliminating the formation of emulsions and permitting the use of two immiscible liquids of comparable densities. The method requires less energy to do distillation processes.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Method of recovery of at least one alcohol from a dilute aqueous alcohol feed stream, comprises: providing a source of a dilute aqueous alcohol feed stream; substantially removing any solids from the dilute aqueous alcohol feed stream to form a feed stream substantially devoid of solids; circulating the feed stream substantially devoid of solids through a liquid-liquid extraction system or a hydrophobic, microporous membrane extraction system comprising multiple equilibrium stages; recovering a raffinate phase substantially depleted in the alcohol and an extract phase substantially enriched in the alcohol; passing the extract phase to a recovery system in which the extract phase is subjected to microwave radiation; recovering the volatilized product; and recycling the solvent to the liquid-liquid extraction system or a hydrophobic, microporous membrane extraction system after the alcohol has been volatilized, where the dilute aqueous alcohol feed stream comprises alcohol, the feed stream substantially devoid of solids is contacted with a solvent that has a stronger affinity for the alcohol than for water and the solvent is substantially immiscible with the feed stream substantially devoid of solids for a sufficient time to transfer at least a portion of the alcohol into the solvent, or the feed stream substantially devoid of solids is directed into the interior (lumen) of each of the hollow fibers and a solvent having a stronger affinity for alcohol than for water is directed to the exterior (shell) of each of the fibers, and the circulating step is performed for a sufficient time to transfer at least a portion of the alcohol into the solvent, and the microwave radiation substantially heats the alcohol but not the solvent to form a volatilized product comprising a substantially pure alcohol.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows an illustrative schematic view of an apparatus used in the method for recovering fuel-grade alcohol.    Liquid-liquid extraction vessel (10)    Flash drum (11)    Microwave source (12)    Surge tank (13)    Drying column. (14)