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What is Biofuel and what is it used for?
I was wondering the same thing a few weeks ago. This site will tell you everything you need to know. Biofuel is very useful. Biofuel is defined as solid, liquid or gas fuel derived from recently dead biological material and is distinguished from fossil fuels, which are derived from long dead biological material. Theoretically, biofuels can be produced from any (biological) carbon source; although, the most common sources are photosynthetic plants. Various plants and plant-derived materials are used for biofuel manufacturing. Globally, biofuels are most commonly used to power vehicles and cooking stoves. Biofuel industries are expanding in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
What is one unintended consequence of using this biofuel technology?
Using plants, trees and any vegetation to make biofuel has let to an unfortunate consequence. The price of some staple foods has gone up, and their availability has decreased. Corn, sugar cane and vegetable oil can all be used for food or to produce biofuel.
What plants are used for making Bio fuel?
Any plant that produces fat can be used to produce biofuel. The most common plants used are the oil seed plants such as corn, rape, sunflour soybean, palm etc.
How does biofuel work?
Biofuel is any kind of oil (vegetable oil) or organic burnable material (biomass) that is not fossil fuel (coal, oil and natural gas). Biofuel is renewable because it comes from plants or algae that grew recently, and removed carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while growing. When burnt, this carbon dioxide (CO2) is returned to the atmosphere as part of the carbon cycle, making biofuel carbon-neutral. So it does not contribute to global warming.
Is biofuel and biomass the same thing?
No, it isn't. Biomass is any organic material. A moldy piece of cheese in your fridge might be biomass, but it definitely isn't biofuel. Biomass is organic material that is made from plants and animals, which are microorganisms. They can be burned as fuel, or biofuel (if there is a fireplace, the wood that is burned is a biofuel). It is burned for the energy, such as cooking over it, or just to stay warm. It is also a renewable source. Biomass fuels provide about 4% of the energy used in the United States.
Can you produce biofuel from water hyacinth?
You can produce biofuel from any organic material. Some materials will convert better than others.
What is an example of an energy resource that does not pollute the air with greenhouse gases?
Any of the sources of renewable energy (solar, wind, water, hydro, tidal and wave, geothermal, ocean thermal, biomass, biofuel and hydrogen).
What is biofuel?
Biofuel can best be described as an alternative fuel source, whether solid, liquid, or gas, which is derived from biomass. Biomass is the base compound for biofuels, and comes from grains, cellulose plants and animal fats. In other words, bio-fuel refers to the type of fuel that is derived from living matter. Biofuel may be produced from any carbon-based source that can be replenished rapidly, such as plants and plant materials. Biofuel converts the sugars and starches from sugarcane, corn, barley, canola and other high-cellulose plants into ethanol, which may be used on its own directly in internal-combustion engines, or mixed with gasoline. Palm oil, soybean oil and similar oils can also be chemically processed and blended with petrol-based diesel fuel to make biodiesel.
What alternative sources of energy can help meet your energy needs?
Any of the renewable energy sources (solar, wind, water, hydro, tidal and wave, geothermal, ocean thermal, biomass, biofuel and hydrogen) will help meet your energy needs. Fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) are limited as well as polluting.
What is the biofuel that is produced from crops?
Two main ones, though there are others.Ethanol, produced mainly from corn (maize), but increasingly made from cellulosic sources such as switchgrass or corn stoverBiodiesel, produced mainly from soybean oil, but can be made from any oilseed such as canola or safflower.
How does biofuel release chemical energy?
As any fossil fuel biodiesel burn and release heat.
Name any 5 different sources of water?
Sea lakes dam river and ocean
