Alternative Energy



Alternative Energy means energy to replace fuel or petroleum. There are 2 types of alternative energy, Alternative (coal, natural gas, nuclear and oil shale) and Renewable (solar energy, wind, water and hydrogen).
Alternative
Bio Diesel is the oil from plant and animal fats. Bio Diesel is cheaper than diesel oil and emits carbon dioxide less than diesel but emit nitrogen more than diesel. There are 3 types of bio diesel. 1) Bio Diesel from plant oil (coconut oil, palm oil, peanut oil, soybean oil) or animal oil (lard). This type is bad quality because plant and animal are not clean, there should mix with diesel oil or alcohol.2) Bio Diesel mixed between plant oil or animal oil and diesel oil. This type is good quality but sometimes engine will broken.3) Bio Diesel mixed between plant oil or animal oil and alcohol, this type use base and acid to speed up the reaction (called transesterification) between oil and alcohol, therefore this type is the best quality.
Ethanol or Ethyl Alcohol is the fuel from small flour and sugar, use with diesel engine. Ethanol is the high quality fuel because ethanol very clean. If ethanol has high water, the engine will be nock and rust. There are 3 types of material to make ethanol 1) Farming Produce (rice, wheat, barley, millet, cassava and potato). 2) Sugar Produce (sugar-cane and sweet-millet. 3) Fiber Produce (fiber from farming produce including waste from factory).
NGV Gas (Natural Gas Vehicles) is the natural gas. NGV can reduce carbon-monoxide 50-80%, nitrogen-oxide 60-90%, and hydro-carbon 60-80%. If you want to use NGV you must install NGV engine and you must refuel at NGV station. NGV is cheaper than ethanol. NGV is the best natural gas although you must pay money to
install engine, but it worthwhile to pay.
Renewable
Solar Energy is the biggest energy from the sun, all living thing can not live with out it. You can use solar energy every where especially country around equator. Solar Energy can use to make electricity and to make heat energy called “Solar Cell”. Many scientists learned to use all of the energy but now they are learning to protect the earth from the global warming and ice melting.
Wind Energy is the Renewable because it never loss from the earth same as solar energy, but wind energy give less energy than the sun. Many countries in Europe are interested in this topic because Europe has a lot of wind. Denmark has many wind wheels because the power of wind very high in Denmark. Wind Energy will reduce coal to make electricity, therefore carbon dioxide will reduce too.
Water Energy is the energy from moving of water (hydropower or hydraulic power), use to make electricity (hydroelectricity). There are many ways to use the energy from water, use water wheel, open dam and release water to electricity motor. People used this way 200 years ago, at China and Far East were produced water wheel in 1830.