Decarboxylated and decarbonylated biofuels information

Decarboxylated and decarbonylated biofuels are renewable hydrocarbon fuels produced by converting biomass, by either decarboxylation or decarbonylation, into liquid transportation fuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel.^[1]^[2] Conversion of biomass to liquid fuels is preferred as an alternative to the extraction of fossil fuels because biomass removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as it grows through photosynthesis. When combusted, this carbon is re-released into the atmosphere, closing the carbon cycle and making biofuels carbon neutral under some conditions.^[3] First generation biofuels such as biodiesel^[4] are produced directly from crops, such as cereals, maize, sugar beet and cane, and rapeseed. Second generation fuels are produced from byproducts from production of food and other goods, as well as from household waste, used frying oil from restaurants, and slaughterhouse waste.^[5]

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^ "Biofuels Basics". www.nrel.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
^ Tilman, David; Socolow, Robert; Foley, Jonathan A.; Hill, Jason; Larson, Eric; Lynd, Lee; Pacala, Stephen; Reilly, John; Searchinger, Tim (2009-07-17). "Beneficial Biofuels—The Food, Energy, and Environment Trilemma". Science. 325 (5938): 270–271. doi:10.1126/science.1177970. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 19608900. S2CID 10459521.
^ Choudhary, T.V.; Phillips, C.B. (2011). "Renewable fuels via catalytic hydrodeoxygenation". Applied Catalysis A: General. 397 (1–2): 1–12. doi:10.1016/j.apcata.2011.02.025. S2CID 95828978.
^ Express, Biofuel. "What is the difference between 1st and 2nd generation biodiesel?". Biofuel Express. Retrieved 2023-11-22.

[1] McCormick, Robert L. (August 23, 2006). "Liquid Fuels from Biomass". www.energy.gov. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

[2] "Biofuels Basics". www.nrel.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-22.

[3] Tilman, David; Socolow, Robert; Foley, Jonathan A.; Hill, Jason; Larson, Eric; Lynd, Lee; Pacala, Stephen; Reilly, John; Searchinger, Tim (2009-07-17). "Beneficial Biofuels—The Food, Energy, and Environment Trilemma". Science. 325 (5938): 270–271. doi:10.1126/science.1177970. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 19608900. S2CID 10459521.

[:2-4] Choudhary, T.V.; Phillips, C.B. (2011). "Renewable fuels via catalytic hydrodeoxygenation". Applied Catalysis A: General. 397 (1–2): 1–12. doi:10.1016/j.apcata.2011.02.025. S2CID 95828978.

[5] Express, Biofuel. "What is the difference between 1st and 2nd generation biodiesel?". Biofuel Express. Retrieved 2023-11-22.