ETHANOL (E85): Types of fuels are ethanol‚ natural gas‚ diesel and hydrogen. Ethanol is simply grain alcohol obtained from corn. The corn is ground to powder form and mixed into a mash that is distilled to obtain ethanol which is a flammable liquid and then used as fuel. The ethanol could be mixed with gasoline blend in order to obtain reduced cost. In addition‚ the emission of Co2 would be reduced‚ but not completely eradicated because of its content of 90 percent gasoline and 10 percent ethanol
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Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Applied Science (Forensic Science) Unit 01 – Fundamentals of Science Assignment 01-01‚ Volumetric Analysis Date set: Sept 2010 Date due: Oct 2010 This assignment addresses the following Criteria… Unit 1 – Fundamentals of Science Assessment and grading criteria To achieve a pass grade the evidence must show that the learner is able to: To achieve a merit grade the evidence must show that‚ in addition to the pass criteria‚ the learner is able to: To
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1. Drawing on the Internet and other media sources‚ discuss current developments in the Mexican economy and how they are influencing companies in the United States and the U.S. economy Mexico’s economic freedom score is 67.0‚ making its economy the 50th freest in the 2013 Index. Its score is 1.7 points better than last year‚ reflecting notable improvements in investment freedom‚ trade freedom‚ and monetary freedom. Mexico is ranked 3rd out of three countries in the North America region‚ but its
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SUSTAINABILITY My ecological footprint: After taking my Ecological Footprint quiz‚ it seems that to support the lifestyle I’m living‚ it takes 3.4 hectares of the Earth’s productive area and it requires the regenerative capacity of 1.9 planets each year. If everyone lived the same lifestyle as I do‚ it would take about 1.9 planets each year to sustain the human population – shocking‚ isn’t it? I try to make a effort to help the environment by purchasing organic food where possible‚ I don’t eat
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Marijuana‚ also known as pot‚ weed‚ or cannabis is used by many individuals‚ for the most part illegally. Usually teenagers‚ some adults‚ and people who are prescribed to it because of their diseases such as cancer use this drug. Marijuana is a greenish-gray mixture of the dried‚ shredded leaves and flowers of cannabis sativa. The first sighting of cannabis was in Central and South Asia many years ago. Although marijuana is viewed by some as addictive and dangerous‚ its legalization is an important
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Pristine Sun LLC a clean energy company $1 Billion in energy assets by 2015 Project Finance Executive Summary Pristine Sun’s core management team have an average of 10 years’ experience each in the development and finance of solar & wind projects‚ with a combined total of $1 Billion+. One example: in 2001-2004 our core team developed the project site that is the largest wind farm in Kansas: the ~$450 Million (250 MW) Smoky Hills Wind Farm. Our business model is simple: rapidly acquire
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 3 2.1 BIOFUELS 3 2.2 Bio-Oil Production 3 2.2.1 Bio-Oils production by Fast Pyrolysis 4 2.2.2 Bio-Oils by Liquefaction of bio-mass 6 2.3 Vegetable oil 7 2.4 Drawback of bio oil 9 2.4.1 Hydrodeoxygenation 9 2.4.2 Catalytic cracking 10 2.5 Mechanism of Catalytic Cracking 11 2.6 Kinetic and modeling for catalytic cracking 14 3. Characterization and Analysis techniques 15 3.1 catalyst characterization methods 15 3
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Sustainable Mauritius Brundtland report (1987) has defined the term sustainable development as the development that meets the needs for the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs Sustainable development and planning is structured essentially around 3 elements: economic growth‚ social development and environmental protection. While development is associated with social development‚ it is also associated with environmental disasters if the development
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Position Paper on Negotiations on Climate Change and the Suggested Steps by the Russian Government In a fight to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change‚ the Russian government acknowledges that there is an immediate need to collectively take action to combat this global issue. Russia feels that this can be accomplished‚ with the implementation of strict resolutions‚ whilst avoiding any detrimental effects to a growing economy. In 1997‚ Russia made a responsible decision to
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The coconut is popularly known as the tree of life. The coconut is considered such because of the many uses it can provide‚ starting from its roots up to its main fruit and still up to its very leaves. This wonder tree is so versatile it can generate different goods which are made available and sold in the market. Its products that are generally commercialized include coconut oil‚ copra meal‚ desiccated coconut and copra cake. All the goods that we derive from the coconut are indeed very helpful
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