What Different Types of Biofuels are used in Transport?
There are many different types of biofuel used in transport, some of which are listed below.They are split into two main groups, biologically produced alcohols and biologically produced oils: Biologically produced alcohols · Biologically produced alcohols, most commonly ethanol and methanol, are produced by fermentation. · Although it is possible to produce methanol from biomass it is not economically viable at present, so currently methanol is produced from natural gas. · Ethanol, as a biofuel, is produced from sugar cane and is currently being used as automotive fuel in Brazil. It can also be produced from corn, this type of ethanol is being used mostly as a gasoline additive (oxygenator) in the United States, but direct use as fuel is growing. · Cellulosic ethanol is also being looked at to be used as a biofuel, one company that is currently successful in producing cellulosic ethanol is Iogen Corporation in Canda. It is manufactured from straw, which is an agricultural waste product
