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 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.

• Autores: Avella-Moreno, Eliseo
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2012
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Repositorio: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Idioma: spa
• 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/
• 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
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional