On the Quest of Discovering Alternative Fuel

Posted by redspot | September 16, 2008 .

Mississippi State University’s chemical and environmental engineering departments are out to develop an alternative fuel or biodiesel coming from products that are easily available within the State. The group manning the project consists of fifty graduate students, ten post doctoral research associates, and eighty faculty members. This one is indeed a major collaboration of minds and experiences to come up with an alternative fuel that will not only benefit all of Mississippi but the entire American nation as well.

The main objective of the project is to create an alternative fuel that can power cars. Raw materials to be used would come from nuisance plants, crop residues, wood, animal waste, cotton gin trashes, including human and animal wastes. Certain non-food products and organic items will be tested as well.

The group is looking to create volumes of liquids that can be refined and converted into diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, or anything that can be used to run a vehicle. The group wanted to compete directly with imported gasoline, both in cost effectiveness and functionality. Just recently, they were able to create alternative fuel out of wood chips that is very similar to diesel and gasoline. However, this development inside the lab has to be tested in larger scales to be proven effective.

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