Professor Patricia Harvey of Greenwich University explains how her team has been working with Aquafuel Research, the UK company that has worked-out how to burn glycerine as a clean fuel in diesel CHP engines.
Glycerine is in abundant supply as an unwanted byproduct of biodiesel production, but much more interesting is the production of glycerine by salt-water algae. Unlike other biofuels which can compete with agricultural land, algae can be grown around the unutilised coastal land of Africa and the Middle East. Algae does not consume any drinking water and produces up to 80% glycerine by volume.
Glycerine is in abundant supply as an unwanted byproduct of biodiesel production, but much more interesting is the production of glycerine by salt-water algae. Unlike other biofuels which can compete with agricultural land, algae can be grown around the unutilised coastal land of Africa and the Middle East. Algae does not consume any drinking water and produces up to 80% glycerine by volume.