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10/15/2013 Climate Change 10/17/2013 Midterm Exam 10/22/2013 Energy & the Built Environment 10/24/2013 UT Sustainability/UT Power Plant 10/29/2013 Electricity Markets 10/31/2013 Energy Policy 11/5/2013 Pecan Street, Smart Grids Wind Energy & Renewable Energy 11/7/2013 Policy 11/12/2013 Solar Energy 11/14/2013 Biofuels 11/19/2013 Q&A with Jose Bravo 11/21/2013 Nuclear Power 11/26/2013 Switch (movie) 11/28/2013 Thanksgiving - No Class 12/3/2013 Energy Conservation 12/5/2013 Selected Energy Presentations Article Log, Technology Paper Technology Presentations HW #6 Due Policy Paper Due Chapters 21-22 Chapters 23-24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Conclusion
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Renewables Today
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Renewables
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Biofuels
Ethane Ethanol
Biodiesel
Note: Gasoline and diesel are mixtures, not pure compounds
Diesel
Gasoline
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Biofuel Labels
B is for Biodiesel
E is for Ethanol
B5 = 5% biodiesel by volume
E10 = 10% ethanol by volume E85 = 85% ethanol by volume
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Source: http://cr.middlebury.edu/es/altenergylife/sbiomass.htm
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Ethanol Production
http://www.ethanol.org/index.php?id=73 http://www.nrel.gov/biomass/thermochem ical_conversion.html
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CO2 Emissions
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Biorefinery Locations
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1982
1984 1986 1988
1990
1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 Date
Ethanol Production
2008
2010 2012
Brazil
South America
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Ethanol Transportation
Feedstocks are solids
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Ethanol as a Fuel
20% lower energy density compared to gasoline
Ethanol is an oxygenate
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Air Emissions
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Source: Greenwire
Biodiesel Production
Transesterification
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Biomass to Electricity
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Biomass to Electricity
Cofiring
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