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Biofuel Production Technologies, Comparing the Biofuels and Fossil Fuels

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Current worldwide energy supplies are dominated by fossil fuels (coal, crude oil, petroleum gas). Utilization of oil inferred energy and characteristic concern has elevated to investigate the biofuel as alternate energy bases. Biofuels are the promising option in contrast to modest, ecologically dangerous fossil fuels. Biofuels are alluded to the energy-enriched compounds made over the biological procedures or got from the biomass of living beings, for example, microalgae and vegetation. Biofuels can contribute to reducing greenhouse gas releases, atmospheric pollution, and unnatural weather change. Biofuels classify into two groups: essential and auxiliary biofuels. The essential biofuels are in a flash made from consuming woody or cellulosic matter and dry creature decrement. Auxiliary biofuels may order into three generations. The first generation is biodiesel prepared from waste animal fats, and the next is biodiesel received from oil-rich herbal seed. The last-generation biofuel is produced from microalgae, cyanobacteria, and other microbes.

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Shahi, Z., Khajeh Mehrizi, M. (2021). Biofuel Production Technologies, Comparing the Biofuels and Fossil Fuels. In: Srivastava, M., Srivastava, N., Singh, R. (eds) Bioenergy Research: Revisiting Latest Development. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4615-4_1

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