What’s the difference between Biofuel and Biodiesel?
Sunday, August 29th, 2010 at
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Bio-diesel is a biofuel..
Ethanol is a biofuel..
Fuels produced by biological organisms are bio-fuels.
no Fuel made from plants has been found similar in properties to petrol ..all of them r similar in nature to fossil diesel
Hence Biofuels r also called Biodiesel..though its not entirely correct
Biodiesel is a specific kind of biofuel. Other biofuels are ethanol, biobutanol, vegetable oil, wood chips, corn stover, etc.
DK
There are many kinds of biofuels. Biodiesel is one. Others are firewood, landfill gasses, whale oil (not used any more), alcohols including ethanol and methanol, trash when its burned in an incinerator, methane captured from sewage treatment plants and more that I can’t think of.
Biodiesel is organic diesel oil. A biofuel is any organic fuel. Usually ethanol.
Biofuels are fuels made with things besides oil. Biodiesel is diesel derived from a plant made oil, such as corn oil or soy oil. To make biodiesel, sodium hydroxide and methanol are mixed together. Then, it is added to the vegetable oil. Let it settle, and the glycerin floats to the bottom, and the biodiesel is on top. Now you wash the biodiesel. You add 1 part water to 2 parts biodiesel, and put in an aquarium air stone, and watch the biodiesel float on up to the top. Drain off the bottom gunk, and you have biodiesel.
Biofuel is defined as solid, liquid or gas fuel derived from relatively recently dead biological material while biodiesel is a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel made by vegetable oil or animal fat (tallow)