Diesel from waste: Simple, energy-efficient process for producing high-quality fuels from biomass
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 13:03
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the last ten years, biodiesel in the form of fatty acid methyl ester has been promoted as a replacement for fossil-fuel-based diesel fuel. It was soon found that this has its problems because the required plants, such as rape, occupy cropland that can then no longer be used to grow food. A second-generation biodiesel is now supposed to be gained from plant waste.
