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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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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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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Biofuels Biofuels are Fuels made from Biomass Biofuels are made from plants‚animals‚ or their waste products. Here I have listed three examples of biofuels beneath. 1 Micro-organisms decompose waste materials to produce biogas. 2 Biogas is usually about 70% methane and somewhere between 20 and 30 % carbon dioxide 3 the way we use it to generate energy is to burn it to heat up water which will then turn a turbine to produce electricity. It is also heard of to heat the water to steam which
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THESIS: TOP-TIER MOTORSPORTS‚ SUCH AS FORMULA 1 SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO IMPLIMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGIES As much as cynicism surrounding the use of ecofriendly vehicles is that they will be slow and thus be a set back to the gains made in motor sports over the years the bottom line is it’s an important step towards having our children and other generations live in a better future than destroy their live hood today. Since the stakes are high as far as environmental degradation and
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Biomass Essay I think Biomass is beneficial to the Quinault village for the heating project. It will help out are heating sources by building this "wood heated" building . This project will also get rid of all the wood bundles in our woods that would help the environment by not burning the wood piles with like for‚ example pouring gasoline onto the wood bundles or (oil and etc.) and that would be putting more chemicals in the air as if there is enough going on in this earth. this inspires
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huge dependence on fossil fuels. Nonetheless at the same time they do also have some disadvantages; maize‚ a grass indigenous to the Mexicans which is used as food also serves as a biofuel‚ this causes many issues ethically as the working class find this as their main source of food. The use of maize as a biofuel has indirectly raised its price‚ and in this economical climate it is becoming more and more out of their reach to feed themselves. Other disadvantages include their environmental
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based on the perspective the author took when discussing the usage of biofuels. In the first article‚ On the Horizon‚ Planes Powered by Plant Fuel‚ Author Matthew Wald reviews jet fuels‚ both alternative fuel based as well as petroleum based and the advantages and disadvantages of each. He established where he believes the issues lie and that is within the costs and land accessibility. The fruit jatropha is being used as biofuel to reduce petroleum usage. The plant proves to be quite efficient by
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