Disadvantages of alternate fuels The truth about the manufacturing and use of alternate fuels‚ as with everything else in life‚ is a mix of benefits and cost. Electricity is one of the alternate fuels that made it to production. The Chevy Volt is one such vehicle. The problem with this car is that it cost $41‚000 to buy one‚ and the battery life for a charge is only 37 miles. There would be no value for us to use electric cars. (Courture‚2011). Ethanol
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Agri-Tech Producers‚ LLC (ATP) is a company focused on the development and commercialization of torrefaction technology‚ a mild-heating process for cellulosic biomass that toasts and removes moisture‚ creating a dry‚ energy-dense and more useable form of biomass that can be used for various renewable energy applications. The company manufactures torrefaction equipment that will convert cellulosic biomass such as wood chips‚ underbrush and bio-crops into a substance that can be used as a source for
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alternative energy : bio fuel - "Ethanol in the Race of the Bio-Fuels " By: Thomas Dwyane Much talk has been going on about the use of the so-called alternative fuel sources in order to answer the demand of preserving the environment. One of the highest possible sources of this alternative fuel is ethanol‚ or that fuel which is derived from corn. Ethanol‚ also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol or more commonly referred to simply as alcohol‚ is a flammable‚ colorless‚ and slightly toxic chemical
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BIO ETHANOL FUEL OUT OF FERMENTED BANANA (Musa balbasiana) PEELINGS Authors/ Researchers: Asprec‚ ‚ Centeno‚ Cruz‚ Jumadiao‚ Sanchez‚ Silaya‚ The Problem and Its Background Background of the study Bio-ethanol fuel has been used through these times and produced in many places specifically in Brazil and United States which contributes to the 87.1% bio-ethanol production in the world. Besides from being eco-friendly‚ inexpensive and less toxic‚ it is more preferred as a fuel for the materials
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Activity AC7.21 Greener alcohol (Ethanol) In this activity you will find out why ethanol is an important chemical. You will study three ways of making industrial ethanol. Then decide which of the methods is ‘greenest’‚ or most sustainable‚ in the UK. To doGo to the website http://www.greener-industry.org.uk Click on ‘Contents’ from the menu on the left‚ and then ‘ethanol’. There are 8 pages of information to look at in order to gather information about ethanol production. To find out
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Is This the End of Oil Production? One of the most pressing current economic issues is oil production and distribution. It’s an issue that has been continuing to shock people for decades now. As cars become a necessity in American society‚ fuel is used even more than it used to. It seems like everyone has a vehicle and all vehicles require oil based fuels. Almost everyone in the United States uses some sort of transportation to go places like work‚ home‚ to the store‚ even to visit family. Truck
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Results and discussion Pyrolysis is one of the thermochemical technologies for converting biomass into energy and chemical products consisting of liquid bio-oil‚ solid biochar‚ and pyrolytic gas. It is derived from the complex conversion network of the three main components in biomass: cellulose‚ hemicellullose and lignin (Kan et al.‚ 2016). Degradation Characteristics of A. magnium wood The purpose of this research is to determine the main points of A. magnium thermal degradation‚ based on DTG
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PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FROM KARANJA OIL BY TRANSESTERIFICATION INTRODUCTION Majority of the worlds energy needs are supplied through petrochemical sources‚ coal and natural gases‚ with the exception of hydroelectricity and nuclear energy. All these sources are finite and at current rate of usage these will be consumed shortly. The high energy demand in the industrialized world as well as in the domestic sector and pollution problems caused due to the widespread use of fossil fuels make it
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Alexander Tischenko Professor Ball Solutions to the Oil Consumption Problem 8 March‚ 2012 Section 5 A couple weeks ago‚ I stopped at a gas station to fill up my tank. As a pizza delivery driver I spend a decent amount of money on gas every week. While I was getting gas‚ I wandered‚ are we ever going to run out of it and will we survive without it? In this essay I will attempt to solve one of the biggest problems in modern world – dependence and very large consumption of gasoline. According to
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The Honorable Ruben Hinojosa Washington‚ DC Office 2262 Rayburn HOB Washington‚ DC 20515 Dear Representative Hinojosa: I am writing this letter to you as a World Hunger Activist who is against the ethanol production that will contribute to global hunger. We can all agree that the increase of oil prices started a rising demand for food-based fuels. Many say this action can have the "potential to wean developed nations off of their oil addictions." However‚ as Lester Brown writes‚ the increasing
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