Substitutes Of Petroleum

 

Now petroleum products are decreasing day by day and in distant future we may face a situation when we don’t get enough petrol or diesel for our vehicles. If so, what to do? Why can’t we think about a few substitutes?

 

Petro-plants

 

Certain plants are present on earth’s surface that stores energy by photosynthesis. Through photosynthesis, components equivalent to mass of Dalton’s molecules are converted to energy and stored. Plant families that do this unique activity include Euphorbiacy, Appocynacea, asklippiyadeci, supportacea and asteracy. They produce a milky substance known as lactase and forms in latticyphers cell group.

 

Crude obtained from these plants known as bio-crude is a mixture of wax, phytosteroids, turpentine, triglycerides and many more. They undergo chemical changes and thus fuels are produced. Their hydrocarbons are similar to petroleum products and that’s the reason why they are known as petro-plants.

 

Bio-diesel

 

An eco-friendly fuel produced from edible oils and animal fats through the chemical process of transesterification to produce bio-diesel. They never emit poisonous gases like sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides and hence expectations are high. To use bio-diesel, normal diesel engines have to go, only minute alterations. Oil from plant products like soya bean, cotton seeds, maize, canola, ground nut etc and from animal fat, bio-diesel can be produced. Non-edible plant oils are also used for this purpose. Since re-used oil leads to cancer and similar health hazards, re-use of fried oil for fuels and diesels is a nice idea. We can see a lot of developments in this field in the distant future.

 

Every year August 10 is celebrated as Bio-diesel day all the world in the remembrance of an engine produced by Rudolf Diesel that ran on processed groundnut oil. That time, he predicted that in future, bio-diesel will become equally popular as petroleum products. This day aims at cultivating those plants that can be used for producing biodiesel.

 

A few interesting facts

 

First fuel used to operate an engine was groundnut oil.

First train that ran on bio-diesel was developed by Britain.

The train that used bio-diesel fully for its run was Royal train.

First aero plane service that ran on fuel produced from re-used oil was from Amsterdam to Paris in the year 2011, July.

First experimental flight using B-20 fuel was run between Amsterdam and London.

 

B-factor

 

B-factor is the term used to show the measurement of bio-diesel. B-100 means 100% bio-diesel. B20 means 20% bio-diesel and the rest petro-diesel. B-5 contains just 5% bio-diesel.

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