ASSESSMENT AND STUDY ON RENEWABLE AND ALTERNATIVE FUELS

The world is changing and petrochemical industry is also changing. Now with decreasing petroleum resources and shocking surge in the price of fuel, combined with the increase in political and environmental concern and the current economic down turn, it is imperative to develop renewably clean and energy-efficient technologies for producing sustainable products of fuels. The present work aims to compile a holistic scenario of different resources, production technologies, and properties of alternative fuels for transportation vehicles. Specifically, the advances in the liquefaction of coal to liquid (CTL), natural gas to liquid (GTL), biomass to liquid (BTL), are presented. Detailed descriptions of production technologies and fuel properties would help to refine and further enhance the technologies. As a broad overview of the subject, this article includes information based on the research carried out globally by scientists according to their local socio-cultural and economic situations.

کلیدواژه ها:

Alternative fuels ، Fischer–Tropsch synthesis ، Biofuels ، Hydrogen