Biofuels Refining:

Nowadays the most common technologies involve chemical, biochemical, and thermochemical conversion processes. Ethanol is the largest volume biofuel; it is produced through a biochemical conversion process. In this process, yeasts ferment sugar from starch and sugar crops into ethanol. Most of ethanol is produced from corn-starch and sugarcane. Algae are a form of biomass which could substantially increase global ability to produce domestic biofuels. Algae and plants serve as a natural source of oil, which conventional petroleum refineries can convert into jet fuel or diesel fuel a product known as “green diesel.”

Very simple chemical process is used to produce biodiesel. Biodiesel facilities start with vegetable oils, seed oils, animal fats and reaction them with methanol/ethanol in the presence of a catalyst.

There are many processes, one such process is pyrolysis, which decomposes biomass by heating it in the absence of air. This produces an oil-like liquid that can be burned like fuel oil or refined into chemicals and fuels, such as green gasoline. Thermochemical processes can also be used to pre-treat biomass for conversion to biofuels. Another thermochemical process is gasification. In this process, heat and a limited amount of oxygen are used to convert biomass into a hot synthesis gas. This “syngas” will be combusted and used to produce electricity in a gas turbine or converted to alcohols, hydrocarbons, ethers. In this process, biomass gasifiers can work side by side with fossil fuel gratifiers for greater flexibility and lower net greenhouse gas emissions. In the future, biomass-derived components such as lignin’s, carbohydrates, and triglycerides will be converted to hydrocarbon fuels. Such fuels can be used in heavy-duty vehicles, jet engines, and other applications that need fuels with higher energy densities than those of ethanol or biodiesel.

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