Biofuels
Integrated Organic Energy’s IBERP [Integrated Biomass Energy Recovery Process] system produces significant amounts of algae.
Depending on the species of algae, B100 Biodiesel can be produced in significant quantities as one of the choices. The technology and processes needed to convert algae to B100 Biodiesel is well known.
According to the American Petroleum Institute, Biofuels are generally defined as those derived by fermentation, distillation, transesterfication or chemical alteration of plant materials, including sugars, starches, cellulose, plant stalks and other naturally grown vegetable material.
The best known of these Biofuels is ethanol, a distilled alcohol, usually from plant material including corn, sugars from cane and beets, fermented plant stalks, wood cellulose or other plant source material. It is blended with traditional unleaded gasoline, and is commonly sold through conventional distribution in all areas of the US.
Biodiesel is defined as a fuel comprised of mono-ester alkyls of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, and designated B100 by ASTM D 6751. Biodiesel B2, through B50 are blends of B100 Biodiesel and petroleum distillate diesel fuels. ASTM does not currently have published standards for blended Biodiesel.
Societal pressures to change from petroleum based fuels to renewable fuels for automobiles and trucks has risen over the last decade. The dramatic increase over the past 3 years can be traced directly to the sharp increase in world crude oil prices.
Much debate continues over the effect of using food source plants to create ethanol, and centers on the conversion efficiencies of input energy to yield ratios. It is often argued that a unit of carbon based energy (gasoline or diesel fuel) result in only 1.7 units of ethanol energy.
To further complicate the discussion, the rise in demand for corn, soybeans, sugar cane, sugar beets and other domestic agricultural products has lead to prices for these commodities exceeding their value in food production.
The price of corn for animal production is at an all time high, with all other ethanol source material plants facing the same upward prices. Diversion of crops from food chain resource to energy source raw materials has created potential worldwide shortages of feeds for livestock, and raw material for things as diverse as flour for bread and corn for cornflakes. The debate continues over the net effect of ethanol conversion and the E85 blending of automobile fuels.
Integrated Organic Energy utilizes known scientific principles to render livestock wastes into green energy, biofuels, clean air and purified water.
Depending on the species of algae, B100 Biodiesel can be produced in significant quantities as one of the choices. The technology and processes needed to convert algae to B100 Biodiesel is well known.
According to the American Petroleum Institute, Biofuels are generally defined as those derived by fermentation, distillation, transesterfication or chemical alteration of plant materials, including sugars, starches, cellulose, plant stalks and other naturally grown vegetable material.
The best known of these Biofuels is ethanol, a distilled alcohol, usually from plant material including corn, sugars from cane and beets, fermented plant stalks, wood cellulose or other plant source material. It is blended with traditional unleaded gasoline, and is commonly sold through conventional distribution in all areas of the US.
Biodiesel is defined as a fuel comprised of mono-ester alkyls of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, and designated B100 by ASTM D 6751. Biodiesel B2, through B50 are blends of B100 Biodiesel and petroleum distillate diesel fuels. ASTM does not currently have published standards for blended Biodiesel.
Societal pressures to change from petroleum based fuels to renewable fuels for automobiles and trucks has risen over the last decade. The dramatic increase over the past 3 years can be traced directly to the sharp increase in world crude oil prices.
Much debate continues over the effect of using food source plants to create ethanol, and centers on the conversion efficiencies of input energy to yield ratios. It is often argued that a unit of carbon based energy (gasoline or diesel fuel) result in only 1.7 units of ethanol energy.
To further complicate the discussion, the rise in demand for corn, soybeans, sugar cane, sugar beets and other domestic agricultural products has lead to prices for these commodities exceeding their value in food production.
The price of corn for animal production is at an all time high, with all other ethanol source material plants facing the same upward prices. Diversion of crops from food chain resource to energy source raw materials has created potential worldwide shortages of feeds for livestock, and raw material for things as diverse as flour for bread and corn for cornflakes. The debate continues over the net effect of ethanol conversion and the E85 blending of automobile fuels.
Integrated Organic Energy utilizes known scientific principles to render livestock wastes into green energy, biofuels, clean air and purified water.