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New biofuel debut: biopropane
Author(s) -
Johnson Eric
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
biofuels, bioproducts and biorefining
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.931
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1932-1031
pISSN - 1932-104X
DOI - 10.1002/bbb.1615
Subject(s) - carbon footprint , biofuel , fossil fuel , tonne , natural resource economics , engineering , environmental science , agricultural economics , pulp and paper industry , waste management , economics , ecology , greenhouse gas , biology
LPG will soon see commercial availability of its own bio‐alternative. Biopropane ‘drops in’ to substitute its fossil sibling, sports an extraordinarily low carbon footprint, and could reach volumes of several hundred thousand tonnes. Eric Johnson considers its potential. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.