Biofuel
| Biofuel | |||||||
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 Biofuel Fluid Icon | |||||||
| Properties | |||||||
| Type | Liquid | ||||||
| Difficulty of Production | Easy-Medium | ||||||
| Exists in Reality | Yes | ||||||
| Can Be Placed | No | ||||||
| Temperature | ~20°C | ||||||
| Renewable? | Yes | ||||||
| Warnings | |||||||
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Biofuel is a fuel that is produced over a short time span from biomass, rather than by the very slow natural processes involved in the formation of fossil fuels such as oil.
In general, biofuels emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions when burned in an engine and are generally considered carbon-neutral fuels as the carbon emitted has been captured from the atmosphere by the crops used in production.
In Nuclear Tech Mod, Biofuel is the liquefied counterpart of Biogas, which is another gas that has its particular production and uses. While not being strong as fuels like Diesel, it is stronger than Petroil and is easily obtainable. It has its own fair share of production and uses. Though, Biofuel isn't that important for progression, so you can make your way to end-game without the need to make this fluid, but that is up to everyone and their own uses. As you probably know, everyone has their own way of playing the mod.
It is also flammable, combustible, and can be polluting. It is stated having a high fuel grade, just like many other fluids in the mod.
Production
Biofuel can be produced in 3 total ways, 1 in the Chemical Plant and 2 others in a Industrial Mixer, firstly, a look in the Chemical Plant way of producing Biofuel:
| Inputs | Recipe |
|---|---|
| Chemistry Template: Biofuel Transesterification
Production Time: 3.0 seconds Inputs: Biogas, Ethanol Produces: Biofuel |
 1,500mB 250mB   1,000mB |
Now for the Industrial Mixer way of producing Biofuel, there are 2 ways of doing it, both of these are:
 500mB 500mB  200mB
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500mB 500mB250mB
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Those are currently, the only ways of getting Biofuel to date. If there are any expansions in the future, they will be added here.
Uses
Biofuel doesn't help in a lot of things the mod offers, but the following are the processes it can be used on:
Can be solidified through a Industrial Solidification Machine:
- 3600mB Biofuel > 1 Solid Fuel
This is rather inefficient as there are many other fluids in the mod that can be used to make Solid Fuel or even better fuels for their particular ways of being used, and with it being used in such a high amount to make a simple 1 piece of it, makes it a questionable thing to use it for.
Biofuel can be used in a Coker Unit:
- 650mB Biofuel > 1 Petroleum Coke + 65mB Coker Gas
650mB
65mB
And lastly, Biofuel can be used in a Chainsaw with many other fluids, being a somewhat cheaper alternative to the other fluids it uses.
Trivia
- The two most common types of biofuel are bioethanol and biodiesel. Brazil is the largest producer of bioethanol, while the EU is the largest producer of biodiesel. The energy content in the global production of bioethanol and biodiesel is 2.2 and 1.8 EJ per year, respectively.
- Global demand for biofuels is predicted to increase by 56% over 2022-2027. By 2027 worldwide biofuel production is expected to supply 5.4% of the world's fuels for transport including 1% of aviation fuel. Demand for aviation biofuel is forecast to increase.
