Biofuel Analysis Articles & Analysis
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The internal load quality variation in a fuel type load often causes problems in sampling and continuous quality control. Fuel that was thought to be of uniform quality can, in fact, be a mixture of this and that and this is not easy to discover by quick visual assessment. You can see this for yourself by taking a look at recycled wood or waste components before and after processing. Raw ...
Within the fuel sector, the manufacturing of biofuel blends using biomass resources lessens the impact of carbon dioxide (CO2) on the environment, while also allowing fuel manufacturers to receive tax credits and demonstrate compliance with regulatory initiatives. To quantify the biogenic content of transport fuels, carbon-14 analysis is a critical step. Full ...
A problem that is sometimes encountered with biodiesel blends is inaccurate blend ratios. This article describes a quick analytical method to assess blend ratios and ensure fuel performance According 10 a study' done by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the chief problem found with biodiesel blends was inaccurate blend ratios. Retail customers and fleet managers do not typically worry ...
” Projects funded through BRDI must address one of the foll owing topic areas: Feedstocks development: Research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) focused on feedstocks and feedstock logistics as it relates to the production of raw materials for conversion to biofuels and biobased products; Biofuels and biobased products development: RD&D ...
On April 24, 2015, EPA released a Federal Register notice inviting comment on analysis of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced during the production and transport of Brassica carinata (carinata) oil feedstock for use in the production of biofuels. The plant is not used for food in the U.S., and has high concentrations of erucic acid, making it attractive ...
USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) is accepting research and education grant applications for projects to integrate science and engineering research in: (1) feedstock development; (2) biofuels and biobased products development; or (3) biofuels development analysis. ...
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The fuel produced from double filtration method was tested and the result indicated average load consumption is about 47%.Keywords: value stream mapping, VSM, biodiesel production, energy saving, Pareto analysis, biofuels, lean production, double filtration, cost ...
Because of high investment costs and low yield per hectare, Jatropha is not a sound economic choice.Keywords: energy balance, life cycle assessment, LCA, Jatropha Curcas Linnaeus, JCL, biodiesel production, biofuels, Tunisia, energy analysis, oleaginous plants, investment costs, low yield, energy ...
ITE was also lower and ISFC was more for B40 at all loads. The energy analysis indicates higher unaccounted heat losses for the blend B40 which mainly accounts for the losses resulting from incomplete fuel combustion.Keywords: performance evaluation, Koroch seed oil methyl ester, diesel engines, energy analysis, thermodynamics, biofuels, diesel ...
A problem that is sometimes encountered with biodiesel blends is inaccurate blend ratios. This article describes a quick analytical method to assess blend ratios and ensure fuel performance. According to a study1 done by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the chief problem found with biodiesel blends was inaccurate blend ratios. Retail customers and fleet managers do not typically worry ...
We then project the impact of full N2O accounting in biofuel net Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions using the life-cycle analyses from Farrell et al. (2006) (ERG Biofuels Analysis Meta-Model (EBAMM)), Liska et al. (2008) (Biofuel Energy Systems Simulator (BESS)) for corn-based ethanol production and Smith et al. (2006) (Bioethanol ...
Considering the production goals for cellulosic and advanced biofuels in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), this study compares production costs and returns on invested capital for two current and three proposed ethanol technologies. ...