List of biofuel companies and researchers explained

First-generation biofuels

First-generation biofuels use the edible parts of food plants as their carbon source feedstock. Due to this, the production of fuel from these crops effectively creates problems in regard to the global food production.

Second-generation biofuels

Second-generation biofuels use non-food substances as a feedstock carbon source. Examples include non-food plants, the inedible parts of food plants, and waste cooking fat. Unlike first-generation biofuels, they do not create problems in regard to the global food production.

Second-generation biofuels with additional advantages

Algae and cyanobacteria fuels

The so-called "third-generation biofuels", similar to second-generation biofuels with an emphasize on the use of algae and cyanobacteria as a source of biofuel feedstocks, have an additional advantage as they take up a relatively small fraction of space when compared to first and second-generation biofuel sources, and may also help to reduce seawater eutrophication. They use algae to convert carbon dioxide into biomass.

Fourth-generation biofuels

Some fourth-generation technology pathways include pyrolysis, gasification, upgrading, solar-to-fuel, and genetic manipulation of organisms to secrete hydrocarbons.[4]

Hydrocarbon plants or petroleum plants are plants which produce terpenoids as secondary metabolites that can be converted to gasoline-like fuels. Latex-producing members of the Euphorbiaceae such as Euphorbia lathyris and E. tirucalli and members of Apocynaceae have been studied for their potential energy uses.[6] [7]

Some other companies making 4th generation biofuels are:

Fifth-generation biofuels

In July 2022, a Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels was established by six Japanese automotive companies.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.brteam.ir Biofuel Research Team homepage
  2. Web site: Home . algaecluster.eu.
  3. Web site: What are – and who's making – 2G, 3G and 4G biofuels? . 2017-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100521143237/http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2010/05/18/3g-4g-a-taxonomy-for-far-out-%E2%80%94-but-not-far-away-%E2%80%94-biofuels/ . 2010-05-21 . dead .
  4. Web site: 3rd and 4th Generation Biofuels Through 2015 | Wood Mackenzie . 22 June 2010 .
  5. Web site: greenfuelonline.com . greenfuelonline.com . 2010-07-14.
  6. Kalita. D. Hydrocarbon plant—New source of energy for future. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 12. 2. 2008. 455–471. 1364-0321. 10.1016/j.rser.2006.07.008.
  7. Book: K. G. Ramawat. Desert Plants: Biology and Biotechnology. 23 August 2010. 2010. Springer. 978-3-642-02549-5. 37–.
  8. Web site: What are – and who's making – 2G, 3G and 4G biofuels? . 2017-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100521143237/http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2010/05/18/3g-4g-a-taxonomy-for-far-out-%E2%80%94-but-not-far-away-%E2%80%94-biofuels/ . 2010-05-21 . dead .
  9. Web site: 2022-07-20 . Six Japan-based companies establish Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels . 2022-07-24 . Green Car Congress.

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