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Butanol Fuel - Definition, Glossary, Details - Oilgae

Butanol may be used as a fuel in an internal combustion engine. Because its longer hydrocarbon chain causes it to be fairly nonpolar, it is more similar to gasoline than is ethanol. Butanol has been demonstrated to work in some vehicles designed for use with gasoline without any modification. It can be produced from biomass (as "biobutanol") as well as fossil fuels (as "petrobutanol"); both biobutanol and petrobutanol have the same chemical properties. WikipediaLinks

Butanol fuel - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - This article is about Butanol from biomass used as a fuel. For other alcohols used as fuels, see Alcohol fuel.

Butanol: The Next Generation Bio-Fuel - what is butanol? When speaking of it as a bio-fuel, it is an alchol based fuel that, at 85% strength, can be used without any changes to many engines, unlike ethanol. Butanol fuel is produced from fermentation of biomass. Essentially rotting bio-materials can be converted into butanol.

Butanol - An Energy Alternative? - Butanol is a 4-carbon alcohol. Other chemicals in the alcohol family include methanol (1-carbon), ethanol (2-carbon), and propanol (3-carbon). Today butanol is typically produced from petroleum sources, but that has not always been the case. During the first half of the 20th century, the production of butanol from biological sources was a commercial reality - and this is what today’s butanol supporters are hoping can happen again.

Butanol or butyl alcohol is an alcohol with a 4 carbon structure. Butanol is primarily used as a solvent, as an intermediate in chemical synthesis. Butanol may be used as a fuel in an internal combustion engine. It is in several ways more similar to gasoline than ethanol is. Butanol has been demonstrated to work in some vehicles designed for use with gasoline without any modification. It can be produced from biomass as well as fossil fuels. Some call this biofuel biobutanol to reflect its origin, although it has the same chemical properties as butanol produced from petroleum - Source

Butanol may be used as a fuel in an internal combustion engine. It is more similar to gasoline than ethanol - Source

Other Terms

Calcareous Straight Vegetable Oil Green algae
GreenFuel Technologies Growing algae in the dark Heterotrophic Growth
Hexane Extraction Hydrogen from algae Hydrogenase
Jet Propellant-8 (JP-8) Lipids Marine Microalgae
Microalgae Microphytes Thermal depolymerization (TDP
NREL Nutrient for Algae Growth Ocean Iron Fertilization
Ochrophytes Algae Farm Algae from Sewage Ponds
Algae Oil Extraction Algae Paste Algae Use in Pharmaceuticals
Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) Oil content Oil Yield
Oilgae Omega-3 Fatty Acids Omega-6 Fatty Acids
Osmotic Shock Oxidation Ponds Photobioreactor
Algal Biomass Photosynthesis Phycology
Phytoplankton Plankton Planktonic Algae
Pond Scum Powerplant Emissions Red Algae
Saltwater Ponds Seaweed Second generation biofuels
SERI Microalgae Culture Collection Spirulina Single-Celled Algae
Sonochemistry Supercritical Fluid Extraction Switchgrass
Transesterification Treated Sewage Ultrasonic-assisted Extraction
Fuel cell Wastewater Treatment Genetically Modified Algae
Heating Value Hectare Hydrogen Fuel
Non-potable Water Algaculture NOx Emissions
Phaeodactylum tricornutum Small Scale Photobioreactors Smokestack Emissions
Sunlight Capturing Efficiency AlgaeBase Synthetic Petroleum
Vertical Bubble Columns Algaecide Monodus subterraneus
Outdoor Mass Algae Culture Systems Photoautotrophic Growth Planktonic Blue-Green Algae
Algal Blooms Porphyridium cruentum Scenedesmus obliquus
Algal Culture Solar Irradiance Spectrofluorometer
Spectrophotometer Spirulina platensis Trichodesmium erythraeum
Tubular Photobioreactors Vacuum Filtration Waste Stabilization Pond
Water Reclamation Filtration Under Pressure Flocculation
Halophilic Algae Microstrainer Photoautotrophs
Saltwater Algae Gasohol Geosequestration
Greenhouse Effect Oleochemicals Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles
Renewable Energy Micro Generation Algal Nutrient Algal Strains
Aquaculture Aquatic Species Program Artificial Seawater
Biobutanol Biodiesel Bioethanol
Biofuels feedstock Biogasoline Bioreactor
Blue-green Cyanobacteria Brown Algae Carbon Capture
Carbon Storage Centrifugation Chemical Solvents
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chlorella Chromista
Closed Pond CO2 Injection Commercial Uses of Algae
Cryptomonads Diatoms Dinoflagellates
Dulse Dunaliela salina Dunaliella
Euglenoids Expeller Press Flocculants
Flocculation (for algae culture) Freshwater Algae Fresh-water ponds
Genetically Engineered Algae Acre Algae Growth Fertilizers
Algae Harvesting Biodiesel Feedstock Biorefinery
Carbon Credits Carbon Economy Cellulose
Chicken Manure Culture Medium Cyanobacteria
Diauxic Growth Methods Food for Fuel Anaerobic Digester
Animal Feedstock Ankistrodesmus falcatus Biofixation of Carbon Dioxide
Biophotolysis Cell Density Chlorella protothecoides
Chlorella sorokiniana Chlorella vulgaris Chromatograph
CO2 Sink Algae Culture Techniques
Flat inclined modular photobioreactor Hydrogen metabolism Algae as manure
Algal biotechnology Algal turf scrubber Centrifuge
Filamentous algae Aquifers Bagasse
Biochar Bioremediation BTU
Carbon neutral Eutrophication Fermentation
Flue Gas Gas Hydrates Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plant
Green Pricing/Marketing: Renewable Energy Resources Sludge
Methane Global warming Algal Oil
Pyrolysis Micro-emulsification Plastids
Microalgae Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase) Chlorophyceae
Arachidonic acid Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) Docasahexaenoic acid (DHA)
Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) Linoleic acid(LA) Glycerol
Interesterification Hexane solvent oil extraction Cavitation bubbles
Carcinogen Enzymatic Extraction CO2 Sequestration
Petro-diesel Polyunsaturates Bacilliarophy