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6 July, 2009
Researchers are trying to get fuel from agriculture. The production of second generation biodiesel generates no glycerin. There is already a pilot plant that can produce biodiesel from animal fat. The use of pig pancreatic lipase will produce biodiesel. REUTERS / Sergio Perez. A group of researchers at the University of Córdoba (UCO) obtained the second-generation biodiesel from hog pancreatic enzymes. Scientists are studying the possibility of getting this result through heterogeneous catalysis, biocatalysis, and other possible routes, and to identify the major technological changes to their development. In a note, Andalucia Innova has indicated that the work, which is part of the European Project ‘Sustoil’, aims to evaluate the real potential of new chemical routes to obtain, from agriculture, chemicals needed to “maintain the current way of life without the need for oil. ” In this regard, one member of the UCO, Diego Luna, explained that oil, “as it begins to dwindle must first experience a price increase, and finally disappear, since it is not renewable.” Second generation biodiesel In particular, two possible alternatives are evaluated at the fact that the production of biodiesel produces glycerin, a contaminant, such as obtaining other products (plastics and polymers) from the residual glycerin or the production of second generation biodiesel , which do not generate this waste. In this context, the UCO develops a technology that uses pig pancreatic lipases (enzymes) that allow to produce biodiesel from oils and ethanol, both from an agriculture origin. In this process biodiesel incorporates glycerine from digestive degradation of lipids. This will output a product “uncomfortable to manage and having surplus in the market.” Furthermore, researchers of Andalucia have already designed and built a pilot plant for producing fuel from waste oils and waste animal fat and will produce about 6,000 liters per day. The main objective of the project ‘Sustoil’ in which the activity is framed is the development of advanced biorefineries, with the possible growth of the biodiesel industry, “said Luna. The concept of biorefineries is defined as a unit composed of different industries that use biomass as feedstock for achievement biofuels and of a wide variety of chemicals, energy and materials, using new technologies. The initiative, funded under the VII Programa Marco of the European Union, was launched in 2008 and is scheduled for completion in 2010. With the participation of 23 institutions in different European countries, coordinated by the University of York. Source: RTVE / Spain Deje un comentario |
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