STUDY ON MICROALGAL BIOFUEL PRODUCTION Joash Savaris Castro Abstract Oil price is a major issue globally as oil is a major requirement in almost all industries to operate. Another arising issue is the diminishing supply of fossil fuel or crude oil from major suppliers. With these in mind‚ researches for a potential alternative source of fuel are conducted all over the world. Microalgae is found to be a potential feedstock for the production of biofuel. Production of biofuel from microalgae involves
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Evaluating the sustainability of the EU policy: “By 2020‚ 10% of transport fuel in the EU should be supplied from Biofuels” Introduction: The 2009 Renewable Energy Directive (RED) required a 10% share of renewable energy in the transport sector by 2020; biofuels must emit a minimum of 35% less greenhouse gases (GHG) than the fossil fuels they replace‚ increasing to 50% for existing plants in 2017 and 60% for new infrastructure thereafter. The Fuel Quality Directive‚ setting a target of a 6% GHG
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how difficult would it be for Hong Kong to develop and promote biofuels to replace petroleum as car fuel‚ we should consider the matter from geographical ‚ economical and safety aspects. From geographical perspective‚ biodiesel feedstock available in Hong Kong is waste cooking oil and animal fats. Due to the limited space‚ it is not possible to build many biodiesel production plants in Hong Kong‚ as a result the supply of biofuel would not be enough. Moreover‚ Hong Kong has heavy use of petroleum
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Biofuel Summary: Biofuels are organic produced or food waste crops‚ many suppliers are using crops in the production of biofuel as it is also a main source for people consumption and for livestock. Nowadays‚ the process of rising prices of crops (Agriculture commodities) has a big effect in rising prices in the market due to high demand of biofuel‚ and recently the increasing demands of grains to make biofuel has exceeded the supply. Driving prices to up for crops led to increase on the prices
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Biofuel 2 One of the hottest topics in the new Millennium being discussed on Capitol Hill is called Biofuels. This type of fuel that is being brought to the American people is the new and improved way of becoming proficient and efficient in energy. The Untied States would convince the people along with other countries through policy that this renewable energy called biofuels would help in ever effort to reduce the dependency of fossil fuel. There are some key principals in developing
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Photosynthetic organisms‚ including plants‚ algae‚ and some photosynthetic bacteria‚ efficiently utilize the energy from the sun to convert water and CO2 from the air into biomass. It emphasized the use of photosynthetic organisms from aquatic environments‚ especially species that grow in environments unsuitable for crop production. Early in the project‚ macro algae‚ microalgae‚ and emergent were investigated for their ability to make lipids (as a feedstock for liquid fuel or chemical production)
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progresses. Lately the production of biofuels has been discussed quiet frequently and many people have started focusing on the question if the production of biofuels actually is environmental friendly. Firstly‚ what is a biofuel? Biofuels refer to any solid‚ liquid or gas fuel that has been gotten from biomass. They produce biofuels by growing plants‚ growing sugar crops or starch or with the use of by-products. Advantages: The actual aim of biofuels is to be carbon neutral. Potentially they
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government. In terms of addressing this problem‚ biofuels‚ which are a renewable energy produced from crops including corn‚ sugar cane and palm oil‚ are considered as a way to reduce carbon emissions. However‚ biofuels cannot solve this problem effectively due to their limitations which increase greenhouse gases emissions instead of reducing it and also cause deforestation. This essay will outline the limitations of biofuels and the issues that biofuels cause (in a long-term that cannot use as a solution
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Introduction Biofuel is a type of fuel which has energy that is derived from biological carbon fixation and include fuels which are generated from biomass conversion‚ such as liquid fuels‚ solid biomass‚ and various biogases. Biofuel can decrease fuel costs and reduce the CO2 emissions (Jason Hill 2006). Biofuel can be produced by using some of the crops especially corn. The demand of biofuel is increased which is because of biofuel is used as an alternative source of fuel
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the author‚ and also represent official statements or opinions. Any errors or misstatements in this project are exclusively those of the author. These guidelines are provided by the concerned faculty in an effort to provide better understanding of Biofuels in a larger extent. These guidelines are NOT meant to constitute legal advice. They simplify and broadly generalize complex issues of law. I appreciate the assistance of Andhra University‚ Library incharge‚ DSNLU faculty and my dad‚ who helped me
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