The Necessity Of Reducing Utilization Of Fossils Fuel
Energy is a common commodity essential to standard living. Since the breakthrough of utilizing fossils fuel, it has ruled the industry of power production over all other sources. Owing to the cheap mining and or refining cost of this fuel, it is the most preferred source of energy instead of all other possible prime movers. This fuel are primarily hydrocarbons, meaning they contain combination of hydrogen and carbon in greater volumetric proportion. They are formed from decomposed organic materials (i.e. plants, animals, and etc.) that where buried by rock formation for eons. Burning this fuel catalyzes volatility, transfiguring by rearranging the molecules rendering carcinogenic gasses or materials (except water from methane).
As this substance are discharged to the air, the concentration of toxic gasses is increased, together with greenhouse gasses that traps heat resulting to a warmer planet. Government efforts were made to alleviate this phenomenon; gradually fending off this effect. Some of these efforts where prescribing dilution of ethanol on gasoline to decrease sulfur excretion of engines i.e. using EURO 4 fuel intending to identical or improved objective.
Alternative energy has also been a subject for inquiry to lessen the necessity of utilization of fossils fuel, or a potential petroleum unconstrained energy source. However, government efforts where not compensated as intended possible result. As current technological restrictions can be responsible as alternatives are not as nearly efficient as the counterpart. A promising insight pointed out, that algae administers reactions that converts natures readily available substances to produce oil stored in their organelles has been investigated. Study confirmed large density of energy are stored on this organism.
Commonly employed course of action in extracting fuel from algae are namely: fermentation producing ethanol; anaerobic bacterial actions emitting biogas; and biodiesel using transesterification. The environment towards the extraction process greatly affects the yield of extracted fuel necessitating the controlled growth environment and well-planned process of extraction. For considerations on fuel extraction, eliminating abstraction opted pondering from the numerous species. Advent to the high salt content from saltwater algae, freshwater proves to be less cumbersome for eventual refining activity for the extracted fuel.
Considering theoretical estimates should render greater ideal yield, has been contrasted by accounts published, the research course turns to rectify insufficiency issues. Aspect mitigated on the possible debacle centered on the possible reuse of the biomass. Additionally, improving on the techniques prompts research on possible innovation in each extraction process. Essential to such theoretical imposition insures existence of mathematical and chemical calculations on the viability of the framework.
Viability on the apparent proportional volume of fuel that can be derived hypothetically can be improved by reusing biomass previously subjected to extraction method (example: biomass from ethanol process be subjected to biodiesel process; forming combinations in twos in each of the three processes.) Extraction methods are also theorized to be further developed for increased productivity. Regressively, the possible contaminants that can be administered to the solution of growth, as hypothesized to be a factor of yield will be evaluated statistically. This solution will be in the form of wastewater.
