Biofuels, promise or fallacy
By stoichiometric relationships between products and reactants in the balanced reaction equations and considering the heat of combustion of six pure compounds used in first approximation as representative of gas, alcohol, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), gasoline, diesel and biodiesel, it was demonstr...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | Colombia |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio UN |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/72672 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/72672 http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/37146/ |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Biofuels fossil fuel stoichiometric ratios heat of combustion greenhouse gases pollution nonrenewable resources photosynthesis. Biocombustibles combustible fósil relaciones estequiométricas calor de combustión gases de invernadero contaminación ambiental recursos no renovables fotosíntesis |
| Sumario: | By stoichiometric relationships between products and reactants in the balanced reaction equations and considering the heat of combustion of six pure compounds used in first approximation as representative of gas, alcohol, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), gasoline, diesel and biodiesel, it was demonstrated that, unlike other fuels, biofuels, alcohol and biodiesel, in their combustions produce more pollution, generate less energy per unit mass and consume less oxygen. That gave arguments that dispute the actual apology regarding the advisability of using them as substitutes for fossil fuels. |
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