Tag: biofuels
Can someone tell me what is biomass? Is it just plants?
Category: Agriculture, Basic, Bio, ProfessionAuthor : Admin September 2, 2016
Until I entered the field of cleantech, I had not heard of the term biomass. Wood, yes, plants, yes, crops, yes, even crop waste, yes, but biomass? Nopes, hadn’t heard of it. The first time I he...Read more
I heard we can get oil from algae. Is it snake oil or is it legit?
Category: Advanced, Biofuels, ProfessionAuthor : Admin September 2, 2016
This is an interesting story you might want to listen to: Many millions of years back, diverse biomass, a large portion of which were algae, got buried deep inside earth. Over millennia, under extreme...Read more
Are biofuels really good for the environment?
Category: Agriculture, Biofuels, Climate Change, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 30, 2016
Biofuels are fuels we get from plants. Thus they are fuels derived from renewable sources. They can replace the polluting diesel (through biodiesel) and gasoline (through ethanol) and play a signific...Read more
How can biotech students contribute to cleantech?
Category: Bio, Biofuels, Biomass Heating, Biomass Power, Biomass to Liquids, Biopolymers, Education, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 28, 2016
While to many, the subject of cleantech appears to be something esoteric, in reality, cleantech touches every aspect of our lives that science and technology touches. See this post and this for some d...Read more
How can agricultural waste provide sustainable materials and energy?
Category: Agriculture, Agro Waste, Biopolymers, Materials, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 27, 2016
The world generates millions of tons of agricultural waste every day. A country like India alone generates over a million tons of agricultural waste a day. A large portion of the agricultural waste ...Read more
Is biodiesel and biofuel one and the same?
Category: Biofuels, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin July 28, 2016
I answered a similar question for ethanol, and the answer for this is the same as well. Biodiesel is a bio-based fuel that is usually derived from vegetable oils such as palm oil, soybean oil, canola ...Read more
Is ethanol and biofuel one and the same?
Category: Biofuels, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin July 28, 2016
Biofuel, ethanol…you have heard these multiple times and got confused. Are these one and the same? Not really. Ethanol is a bio-based fuel that is usually derived from carbohydrate/sugar-based s...Read more
Is the ethanol used for fuel the same as one used in alcohol consumed by us?
Category: Advanced, Biofuels, ProfessionAuthor : Admin July 25, 2016
Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) is the most common alcohol found in many of the alcohol beverages. Yep, the booze you slurped last night most likely had ethanol in it. Ethanol is also a biofuel that can be u...Read more
Can I make biofuels from agricultural waste?
Category: Agriculture, Biofuels, Biomass to Liquids, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin July 15, 2016
With the world generating millions of agricultural waste every DAY, a logical question that arises is: How best can we turn this waste into value? A related question is: If biofuels are produced fro...Read more