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No. Biofuel is all sorts of fuel made from living matter, usually vegetation. If you gather twigs and build a campfire, that's biofuel. Biodiesel is a vegetable oil with the same consistency and properties of fossil fuel diesel, and can be used to run diesel engines.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 13y agoThere are many kinds of biofuel. Biodiesel is just one kind of biofuel.
Biofuel can also be things like burning sugar cane after the juice has been removed and using the heat or steam to generate electricity.
Biodiesel means diesel oil that is extracted from plants rather than from fossil fuel.
Bioethanol is similar, an alcohol that is made from plants.
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∙ 7y agoBiodiesel is one form of biofuel. Ethanol is another.
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Is biodiesel and biofuel the same?
Biodiesel is one kind of biofuel. There are other kinds of biofuels too.
What is a biofuel vehicle?
Gasoline biofuel is a mixture of gasoline and ethanol. Ethanol is a plant based alcohol, I.E. biological. Biodiesel works the same was but is an oil not an alocohol. The diesel engine was original designed and ran on a biofuel(peanut oil).
What is the difference between biofuel and biodiesel?
Biofuel is organic, cheap, good for the environmet, and made from plants grown here in the US. Biodiesel is recycled oil that can be used to run cars and plains but it is not organic and the reproduction is not good for the environment at all and can be a bit more expensive. All in all they both have their advantages and disadvantages.
Can Biofuel be used to run ships?
Yes, biofuel, like biodiesel, will run in diesel engines. Many ships have diesel engines run on fossil fuel diesel and they will easily run on biofuel.
How does biofuel release chemical energy?
As any fossil fuel biodiesel burn and release heat.
What is biofuel made from?
Vegetable Oil is used to make biodiesel, and corn is used to make ethanol for a gasoline substitute.
What does biodiesel emit?
Biodiesel emits carbon dioxide when it is burnt; the only difference between biodiesel and fossil fuel diesel is that with biodiesel, the carbon was recently taken out of the atmosphere when the vegetation was grown.With fossil fuel diesel, the carbon has been hidden underground for 300 million years, which is why it adds EXTRA carbon to the atmosphere now.
How do you make a biofuel?
Biodiesel fuel can be made out of many organic compounds. Vegetable oil and corn oil are two things that can be used.
Is banana peeling an alternative source of biofuel?
The banana peel can be an alternative source of biodiesel. It has the properties which enables it to compensate with the standard we use.
Is bio diesel renewable or non?
Biodiesel and all biofuel is renewable. It can be made again because the vegetation and algae it comes from can all grow again.
Can biodiesel help mitigate global warming?
Yes, biodiesel and any biofuel is produced from vegetation that has recently absorbed carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as it grew. When we turn it into biodiesel and that is burnt, it releases that same carbon dioxide. So it is not adding CO2 to the atmosphere. It is carbon neutral.Fossil fuels, on the other hand, when burnt, release carbon that had been hidden underground safely for millions of years, thus adding to the amount of greenhouses gases.
Is bio-diesel renewable or non-renewable?
Biodiesel and all biofuel is renewable. It can be made again because the vegetation and algae it comes from can all grow again.
