by jessica, jemimah and katie. in society today, our main fuel sources are fossil fuels such as...
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Advantages of biofuelsBy Jessica, Jemimah and Katie
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Biofuels vs. fossil fuels
• In society today, our main fuel sources are fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas.
• However, these fossil fuels take millions of years to form and because of our greedy, consumer lifestyles, they are running out fast.
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Biofuels• Biofuels are renewable sources of energy,
produced by using ethanol from plants.
• This is a sustainable way of providing our society’s energy needs.
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Disadvantages to Biofuels
• For large industry use, there are still some key problems involved with biofuels.
• These need to be solved before biofuels can be widely used in industries.
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Effect on Pollution Levels• Using biofuels might be better than fossil fuels
because it produces less Carbon Dioxide while being made.
• They produce up to 64% less emissions that lead directly to global warming.
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Recycling of Carbon Dioxide
• Engines running on biofuels still emit carbon dioxide.• BUT plants and trees use Carbon dioxide
to grow.• But as not as much is getting emitted it
has a better chance of getting soaked up by the trees so it means less carbon dioxide reaches the atmosphere.
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Useful Waste Products• DDGS (Distillers Dried Grain with Solubles)
a waste product of making biofuels, used as low cost animal feed.
• DDGS is mixed with ‘bacteria-inoculated sludge’ that has been cut off from an oxygen supply, uses the DDGS bacteria for growth.
• The DDGS is forced to send its outer electrons into a circuit like action leading to a supply of oxygen.
• The movement of the outer electron can be made into electricity.
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Bad Waste Products• The products of biofuels are mainly toxic because
of the glycerin that contains methanol and other hazardous chemicals.
• For every 100 litres of biofuels there is 25 litres of glycerin. Of that produced up to 25% of it can be methanol.
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Methanol • Methanol is extremely flammable as it is a form of
alcohol.• So when it is burned it can produce energy.