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Energy crops constitute significant potential for meeting the future energy need worldwide. In addition, agricultural lands offer an alternative to the agriculture which is referred to as energy farming. The studies on energy crops in biofuel production show that they are quite an economical and...
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century, including the phasing out of lead additives in gasoline, the transition from MTBE to ethanol as the predominant … biofuels mandate is met (i.e., the mix of biofuels), and the status of the ethanol blend limit in the motor gasoline sector …
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This paper deals with technological and legislation features of biofuels development. We look at all 2nd generation (2G) end products, the three major conversion pathways and especially the feedstock, with differentiates 2G biofuels from the conventional, 1G fuels. In the legislation and...
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ethanol production for 2025 reduces U.S. petroleum input use by 1.75%, and would have negligible net effects on CO2 emissions …; and although EU imports of Brazilian ethanol may look better given the high costs of other alternatives, this option is …
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supercritical equipment. Experimental investigations were carried out at reaction temperatures of 270–400°C, pressure of 20MPa, oil-to-ethanol … 30min at 350°C and oil-to-ethanol molar ratio of 1:40 under a reactor pressure of 20MPa. The spiral reactor was not only … recovery. A second-order kinetic model describing the transesterification of canola oil in supercritical ethanol was proposed …
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The present study aims to numerically investigate the impacts of ethanol blend ratio together with advanced fuel … KIVA–CHEMKIN code for neat biodiesel and its blend fuels with 5%, 10% and 20% (vol.%) of ethanol at a fix engine speed of … kinetics of biodiesel and ethanol fuels, and it was validated by performing the 0-D ignition delay predictions, as well as 3-D …
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Sugarcane ethanol biorefineries in Brazil produce carbon dioxide, electricity and heat as byproducts. These are … essential inputs for algae biodiesel production. In this paper, we assessed ethanol's life cycle greenhouse gas emissions and … sugarcane ethanol by around 10% and 50%, respectively, compared to a traditional Brazilian sugarcane ethanol distillery. …
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. Compared with methanol, ethanol can be derived from sugar- and starch-based feedstocks and lignocellulosic biomass. Therefore …, using ethanol as the acyl acceptor for biodiesel (fatty acid ethyl esters, FAEEs) production is drawing increasing interest …, the fuel properties of FAEEs as well as the limitations and perspectives of biodiesel production with ethanol as the acyl …
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The aviation industry accounts for 2% of all carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. Based on that, various companies and agencies have developed a growing interest in developing alternative fuels for aviation in recent decades. Few studies related to the production and use of biofuels in...
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The production of biodiesel by esterification with ethanol using waste oil generated in the refining of coconut oil was … removing water on the reaction conversion. Methanol was also evaluated as an esterification agent. For both ethanol and …
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