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Fuels, alternative Fuels, combustion Fuels from biomass Fuels from waste Fuels, liquid Fuels, synthetic... 

LPG has many advantages over the alternative liquid fuels, and is regarded as a premium fuel . Some of the premium characteristics are ... 

The use of oil sands and tars to produce liquid fossil fuels (gasoline and diesel) is part of today s non-conventional oil business and, hence, has not been considered here as a fuel alternative for a future mostly renewable-based energy system (for details see Chapter 3). 

Where Do You Get Your Energy from Latest on Alternative Liquid fuels" Energy Bulletin, 10/03/05 2 Honda press release, 06/29/05... 

England, G. C., Pershing, D. W., Tomlinson, J., and Heap, M. P., "Emission Characteristics of Petroleum and Alternate Liquid Fuels," American Flame Research Committee, International Symposium on N0x Reduction, October, 1979. 

Dunn, R. O., and Bagby, M. O. 1996. Low-Temperature Filterability Properties of Alternative Diesel Fuels from Vegetable Oils. In Cundiff, J. S., Gavett, E. E., Hansen, C., Peterson, C., Sanderson, M. A., Shapouri, H., and VanDyne D. L. (Eds.), Proc., Third Liquid Fuel Conference Liquid Fuel and Industrial Products from Renewable Resources (pp. 95-103). St. Joseph MI American Society of Agricultural Engineers. 

The PEPS Gasification system offers the capability to convert a petroleum refinery by-product into valuable, ultra-clean liquid fuels. Alternately, the system can be modified to generate hydrogen, another valuable clean fuel. These fuels could reduce the nation s dependence on imported oil. Preliminary design for a 25 TPD Clean Fuels PEPS pilot unit has been completed, as has some risk reduction testing. Future funding for completion of the project is... 

The main advantage of liquid fuels over their gaseous fuel alternatives is the extremely high energy density (thermal energy/volume ratio). Typically they would have a GCV of 40 MJ/kg, which in volumetric terms is equivalent to 33,000 MJ/Nm compared with natural gas at about 34 MJ/Nm. Heavy fuel oils are blended products based on the residues from various refinery distillation and cracking processes. 

For the eventual disposal of used solvent, whether in liquid or vapour form, the preferred method is usually burning. This may involve using the solvent as a fuel, possibly in a cement or lime kiln in which it may be used as a replacement for a more conventional, and more costly fuel. Alternatively, to reduce VOCs to a very low level in solvent-laden air, combustion in an incinerator, with or without added fuel, may be used. 

Solid-fueled and liquid-fueled rockets were developed because of the characteristics of travel beyond the Earth s atmosphere. First, a spacecraft must develop a speed of more than 25,000 mile per hour to break the gravitational puU. Second, in space oxygen is absent, so turbojet engines and internal-combustion engines will not operate. Therefore, alternative types of propulsion needed to be developed, which is why solid-fueled and liquid-fueled rockets were developed. Rockets develop thrust without having oxygen available to burn. Engineers term the types of chemical mixtures used in rockets that produce thrust as propellants. 

Alternative liquid fuels can be made from solid (e.g., coal or biomass) or gaseous (e.g., natural gas) feedstocks and can be nsed in existing vehicle fleets with no, or little, modification. Coal will have a significant role to play in the provision of these alternative fuels—it is the most affordable of the fossil fuels and is widely distribnted aronnd the world. 

Fuel Production. Liquid biofuels are a significant alternative to petroleum-based vehicle and transportation fuels. Biofuels are attractive because they can be used in already existing vehicles with little modification required and also in the production of electricity. These fuels are estimated to account for almost 2 percent of the transportation fuels used in the world s vehicles. 

Since ethanol is the major renewable bio-fiiel and is less toxic than other alcohols, it is a promising alternative liquid fuel for directly fuelled DLFC systems. A schematic of a DEFC is shown in Figure 1.21. 

In this scenario, waste plant biomass seems to be the only current renewable source of organic carbon, and fuels derived from iheir processing could be the only alternative liquid fuels to replace the conventional fossil fuels. 

The conventional raw materials used in chemical process are derived predominantly from fossil fuels. Alternate raw materials such as biomass can be employed to promote greener processing. In this direction, the concept of biorefineries is quite relevant [27]. The future biorefineries can employ operations such as extractive distillation with ionic liquids and hyper-branched polymers. 

Biodiesel is a renewable nonpetroleum-based diesel fuel, which consists of monoalkyl (mainly methyl, ethyl, or propyl) esters of long chain fatty acids produced from vegetable oils or animal fats by transesterification with methanol or ethanol. Certain fuel characteristics have made biodiesels an attractive alternative liquid fuel to be used as such or as a constituent of a blend with petro diesel (Delfort et al., 2008). It is known to enhance engine performance through its better lubricity and more complete burning (Pramanik and Tripathi, 2005 Boumay et al., 2005 Knothe et al., 2005). It has a high flash point, better viscosity, and a caloric... 

Another primary limitation of the cryogenic approach is the high energy loss required to prepare liquid fuel (up to 30% of the total specific energy content [7]). Estimates of future production costs of various fuel alternatives predict that liquid hydrogen production will be significantly more expensive than compressed hydrogen production, methanol, or... 

An alternate approach to fuel washing is to utilize a vaporized fuel oil system (VFO). This technology was developed as a method for converting natural gas fuel systems to liquid fuel. The process involves mixing steam with the liquid fuel and then vaporizing the mixture. The vaporized mixture exhibits the same combustion properties as natural gas. 

In the United States, in particular, recent legislation has mandated sweeping improvements to urban air quality by limiting mobile source emissions and by promoting cleaner fuels. The new laws require commercial and government fleets to purchase a substantial number of vehicles powered by an alternative fuel, such as natural gas, propane, electricity, methanol or ethanol. However, natural gas is usually preferred because of its lower cost and lower emissions compared with the other available alternative gas or liquid fuels. Even when compared with electricity, it has been shown that the full fuel cycle emissions, including those from production, conversion, and transportation of the fuel, are lower for an NGV [2]. Natural gas vehicles offer other advantages as well. Where natural gas is abundantly available as a domestic resource, increased use... 

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