Biofuel has been the important solution for growing energy problem.
The term biofuel covers biomass, liquid fuel and biogases.
The common types of biofuels are Ethanol, biogas and biodiesel.
Ethanol is used as car fuel produced by crops such as corn etc.
Biogas is produced from biodegradable materials such as sewage, manure, municipal waste etc.
Biodiesel is produced from oil and fats such as soybean oil, sunflower oil, animal fat etc.
The main disadvantage of biofuel is its manufacturing is not so simple.
The manufacturing process includes growing crops, making fertilisers and pesticides and converting to fuel involves in the complicated process.
But recently scientists from IIT Kharagpur has created as new technology named soil to soil to manufacture biofuel for cheap, quick and pollution free.
As this technology uses natural resources to obtain gaseous and liquid biofuel.
He used corn, sugarcane plants, the waste part of paddy straw, bamboo, banana plant, pineapple and cotton plants to obtain biofuel.
Currently, 2 gm of biofuel is produced by naturally available lingo-cellulosic components that are biomass.
However, the manufacturing process involves in chemical treatment that may result in environmental pollution.
The Project is funded by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Department of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
By 2017, National Policy on Biofuels has decided to target at 20% blending of biofuel with petrol.
Researchers have estimated that the business of biofuel in India will reach Rs 50,000 crore by 2022.
Let wait and see, whether this new technology can increase the biofuel production.
The term biofuel covers biomass, liquid fuel and biogases.
The common types of biofuels are Ethanol, biogas and biodiesel.
Ethanol is used as car fuel produced by crops such as corn etc.
Biogas is produced from biodegradable materials such as sewage, manure, municipal waste etc.
Biodiesel is produced from oil and fats such as soybean oil, sunflower oil, animal fat etc.
The main disadvantage of biofuel is its manufacturing is not so simple.
The manufacturing process includes growing crops, making fertilisers and pesticides and converting to fuel involves in the complicated process.
But recently scientists from IIT Kharagpur has created as new technology named soil to soil to manufacture biofuel for cheap, quick and pollution free.
As this technology uses natural resources to obtain gaseous and liquid biofuel.
He used corn, sugarcane plants, the waste part of paddy straw, bamboo, banana plant, pineapple and cotton plants to obtain biofuel.
Currently, 2 gm of biofuel is produced by naturally available lingo-cellulosic components that are biomass.
However, the manufacturing process involves in chemical treatment that may result in environmental pollution.
The Project is funded by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Department of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
By 2017, National Policy on Biofuels has decided to target at 20% blending of biofuel with petrol.
Researchers have estimated that the business of biofuel in India will reach Rs 50,000 crore by 2022.
Let wait and see, whether this new technology can increase the biofuel production.
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