March 2012
New sources of feed stocks for biofuels production: Indian perspectives
Energy security looms as one of the most important challenges of this century for scientists and users in India. Resources alternative to fossil including fungi, grasses, algae, waste oils, food crops and non-food crops are being developed. Considering the current food insecurity in the country, food crops are to be excluded from the list of feed stocks. In future, biofuels should ideally create the...
March 2012
Quality of commercial high speed diesel and its environmental impact
Physico-chemical characteristics such as American Petroleum Institute (API) gravity, specific gravity, pour point, kinematic viscosity, flash point, copper corrosion, conradson carbon, water and sediments, total sulphur, residue and hydrocarbon contents (saturates, aromatics and polar) of high speed diesel (HSD) collected from Multan regions of Pakistan have been evaluated using standard...
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