2. Need for Alternate Fuels World today is facing the pinch of rising energy consumption. Green house gas emissions and global warming is also in the forefront of critical issues. India is ranked 6th in terms of energy demands but its domestic crude oil production satisfies only ¼th of our current demands.
3. Conventional fuels include: fossil fuels (petroleum,coal), and nuclear materials such as uranium. Alternative fuels, also known as non-conventional fuels, are any materials or substances that can be used as fuels, other than conventional fuels.
4. Bio Fuels There are 4 chief Biofuels categories:The 1st generation of biofuels comes from sugar, starch & vegetable fats that are solely dependent on food-crops. It also can be sourced through animal fats. e.g;biofuels are bio-diesel, Bioethanol & biogas.
5. 2nd generation comes from non food crops. e.g.biofuels are bio-diesel, Bioethanol & biogas.
6. 3rd generation is established on the basis of biofuels got through algae. e.g. Algae oil4th generation Fuels based on the conversion of vegetable oil and biodiesel into gasoline.
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8. Avoiding the need for expensive additional infrastructure.
21. Because of the gaseous nature of this fuel, it must be stored onboard a vehicle in either a compressed gaseous state or in a liquefied state
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23. The cost saving is immense along with reduced emissions and environmentally friendlier cars.
24. The use of CNG is mandated for the public transport system of India's capital New Delhi as well as for the city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat.
All these make it imperative that the search for alternative fuels is taken in right earnest.
In fossil fuels,sulphur is present when it is released in the atmosphere it could cause acid rain. In many instances, Biodiesel is mixed with petroleum-based diesel to create a Biodiesel blend, which can then be sold into the general diesel market…It refers to mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from palm oil through a process known as ‘transesterification’.
As biofuel is the fuel which directly derived from biomass, biodiesel needs a special process to transform its source from the biomass to a fuel.