Open AccessFeasibility of Biofuels as a Substitute to Conventional Fuels in IC Engines for Mass Transport and Distributed Power Generation
Author(s) -
Rayapati Subbarao,
Saisarath Kruthiventi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
distributed generation and alternative energy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-3306
pISSN - 2156-6550
DOI - 10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.3513
Subject(s) - biofuel , fossil fuel , combustion , aviation biofuel , biochemical engineering , biomass (ecology) , environmental science , raw material , environmental economics , waste management , engineering , bioenergy , economics , chemistry , oceanography , organic chemistry , geology
Depletion of petroleum based fuels has been a lot of concern among thegovernments and researchers around the world. Usage of biofuels in placeof the conventional fuels is showing rapid growth because of the favourablecharacteristics like better performance and time improved emission char-acteristics. Present paper discusses about different available biofuels andtheir effectiveness in replacing fossil fuels and also how they affect thetechnological growth. Different works are compared to bring out the actualscenario with respect to the performance, emission, availability, productionand preparation methods. It is observed that much effort is made by the stakeholders in order to see biofuels as a viable alternative and as a future fuel forinternal combustion engines. Performance improves slightly with the usageof biofuels and reduced emission characteristics may be logical to observe.But it may not be appreciable, considering the series of production processesinvolved. It still requires lot of time to commercialize and produce biofuels in mass. Also, there have been constraints like the availability of raw materialsfor the same. It is concluded that biofuels do play significant role in the daysto come provided there is much more effort from researchers to simplify thetechnology in making biofuel as sustainable and cost effective with at leastcomparable performance.