Honestly, when thinking about car makers clean technologies and sustainability aren’t the first thoughts that come into someone’s mind. But times are changing! Besides some efforts in the development of hybrid or full electric cars, currently numerous car producers switch to the implementation of bioplastics into their vehicles and additionally explore the chances of different [...]
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Beat the Crisis: Invest in Sustainability
Just a few months ago the European Bioplastic Association made a poll among their members regarding green investments. Many companies reported a healthy growth in 2009. Their expectations were fulfilled and sometimes exceeded! 47% of the polled companies, almost the half, reported growth in turnover, 38% could draw level and just 10% reported losses. Generally, [...]
The Algae Biofuel Revolution
Currently, algae receive great attention due to their potential to become an alternative to fossil fuels. There is much talk about this new source of biomass for the generation of renewable energy and maybe some other commodity chemicals too. Algae can yield a high amount of biomass per unit of light and area, do not [...]
Glycerol – The Recovery of a High Potential Industrial By-Product
Glycerine, the simplest trihydric alcohol, is a naturally occurring substance which shows wide distribution in form of different esters termed mono-, di- and triglycerides. Usually, vegetable oils are trigycerides. For decades, this versatile, clear, colourless, viscous and syrupy tasting liquid derived industrially by the conversion of propen into epichlorohydrin followed by subsequent procession into synthetic [...]
BtL Technology: The Future of Biofuels?
Attaining and expanding energy resources are a great challenge to the economic sustainability of a rising number of countries. Furthermore, biofuels have become crucial for the energy security and the diversification of energy supply for almost every nation. Biomass to Liquids (BtL) technology is maybe at the most vital phase of its evolution with escalating [...]
Most Widespread Types of Biofuels: Part 2
read the first part of this article Biofuels of the 2nd generation Besides the already mentioned, there are several further kinds of biofuels bearing tremendous potential to impact the future of transportation and energy fuels. Energy crops, agricultural residues, forestry residues, algae and other non-food cellulosic materials are refined for the production of second generation [...]
Most Widespread Types of Biofuels: Part 1
Numerous technologies are being widened and established for transforming sustainable feedstocks into a variety of biofuels. Environmental and social consequences of biofuels from agricultural crops became the theme of media and drawn several public and private debates and campaigns due to the utilization of first generation technology. Generally, “first generation biofuels” are generated from crops [...]
Biofuels – Overview
Due to global recognition of diminishing oil reserves and the devastating ecological impact of modern fossil fuel consumption, the urgent need for alternatives increases. The availability of energy in our current global framework, which is basically the fundament of global prosperity, relies extensively on the availability of fossil crude oil. As fossil fuels provide around [...]
Types of Bioplastic
Commonly used types of bioplastics are based on cellulose, starch, glucose and oil. Specific techniques are then employed to convert these feedstocks into thermoplastic starch, polylactic acid, poly-3-hydroxybutyrate, polyamide 11 and biopolyethylene. Starch Today, thermoplastic starch, accounting for about 50 % (some sources state about 80 %) of the global bioplastics market, is the most [...]
Bioplastics – Overview
Bioplastics harness the natural structures such as polymer networks that share the ability to be easily reshaped. Material – scientists are constantly tuning these natural structures to try and better replicate properties like durability and flexibility of conventional plastics. As the awareness of rising oil prices and ecological responsibility increases, global business is now turning [...]
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