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Definition of Biofuel

1. fuel composed of biological raw materials [n -S]

Medical Definition of Biofuel

1. A gaseous, liquid, or solid fuel that is rendered from raw biological material (plants, sewage, dry waste, cane sugar or wood pulp) through combustion or fermentation. There are a variety of ways to convert these bulky materials into fuels useful for industry and transport. The major biofuels produced biologically are biogas generated by anaerobic digestion (biomethanation) and fuel ethanol generated by a yeast-based fermentation of molasses, sugar cane juice, or hydrolysed seed. (14 Nov 1997)

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Literary usage of Biofuel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Motor Fuels: Issues Related to Reformulated Gasoline, Oxygenated Fuels, and by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... Appendix V DOE and USDA biofuel Research Efforts DOE's biofuels Research Efforts DOE and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) have several research ..."

2. Energy Technology Perspectives: Scenarios & Strategies to 2050 by International Energy Agency (2006)
"Moreover, conventional biofuel crops would compete with food crops for land availability, thereby risking an increase in food prices that is already visible ..."

3. CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustionby International Energy Agency, Oecd by International Energy Agency, Oecd (2006)
"biofuel data for developing countries in 1990 have been based on Hall et al. ... However, for Latin American countries, biofuel statistics from OLADE were ..."

4. Hawaii Integrated Biofuels Research Program: Final Report by Patrick K. Takahashi (1995)
"Accordingly, the four biofuel development scenarios are (1) no biofuels ... A reasonable goal for biofuel commercialization is 200 million gallons of ..."

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