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Fuels in the Rural South Australia, Possible Choices for fuels - Coggle…
Fuels in the Rural South Australia
Easily accessible
Easily imported
Easily found around the area
Not easy to access
Clean emissions
CO2
High
Low
None (Biofuel)
Average
Nitrogen
High
Average
Low
Sulphur
Average
Low
High
Ash/Dust
High
Average
Low
Cost effective
Diesel Average costs (cefc.com)
Expensive end
$450/MWh
Average cost
$300MKh
Low end costs
$240MKh
$80-150MKh
Efficient energy output
Low output - Below average
Average output for Diesel energy
30% (Modern diesel plants)
High output - Above average
40% efficiency
Possible Choices for fuels
Liquid
Biodiesel
Requires a lipid and an alcohol
Lipids
Vegetable oils
Animal oils
Algaes
Together
Acacia and Microalgae Biodiesel
Alcohols
Methanol
Ethanol
Fermentation
Sugar
Acacia trees
Yeast (imported or bought)
Other
Solid
Biomass
Wood
Wood pellet burners
Easier to find resources in remote areas
In Australia
Acacia Pellets
Any pellets from any dried tree or plant
Gasification
Hard to complete in remote areas
Convert biomass to synthesis gas
Use of a catalyst in a reaction to convert to methanol
Methanol dehydration using a silica-aluminia catalyst
Dimethyl Ethers
Catalyst imported
Copper-based catalyst (imported)
Gas