The Effect of Functional Groups in Bio-Derived Fuel Candidates
Abstract
Interest in developing renewable fuels is continuing to grow and biomass represents a viable source of renewable carbon with which to replace fossil-based components in transportation fuels. During our own work, we noticed that chemists think in terms of functional groups whereas fuel engineers think in terms of physical fuel properties. In this Concept article, we discuss the effect of carbon and oxygen functional groups on potential fuel properties. This serves as a way of informing our own thinking and provides us with a basis with which to design and synthesize molecules from biomass that could provide useful transportation fuels.
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath (United Kingdom). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
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- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1492661
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1400969
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-16-20692
Journal ID: ISSN 1864-5631
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001; AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ChemSusChem
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1864-5631
- Publisher:
- ChemPubSoc Europe
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; Energy Sciences; biofuel; biomass; fuels; renewable; review
Citation Formats
Jenkins, Rhodri W., Moore, Cameron M., Semelsberger, Troy A., Chuck, Christopher J., Gordon, John C., and Sutton, Andrew D. The Effect of Functional Groups in Bio-Derived Fuel Candidates. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1002/cssc.201600159.
Jenkins, Rhodri W., Moore, Cameron M., Semelsberger, Troy A., Chuck, Christopher J., Gordon, John C., & Sutton, Andrew D. The Effect of Functional Groups in Bio-Derived Fuel Candidates. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201600159
Jenkins, Rhodri W., Moore, Cameron M., Semelsberger, Troy A., Chuck, Christopher J., Gordon, John C., and Sutton, Andrew D. Thu .
"The Effect of Functional Groups in Bio-Derived Fuel Candidates". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201600159. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1492661.
@article{osti_1492661,
title = {The Effect of Functional Groups in Bio-Derived Fuel Candidates},
author = {Jenkins, Rhodri W. and Moore, Cameron M. and Semelsberger, Troy A. and Chuck, Christopher J. and Gordon, John C. and Sutton, Andrew D.},
abstractNote = {Interest in developing renewable fuels is continuing to grow and biomass represents a viable source of renewable carbon with which to replace fossil-based components in transportation fuels. During our own work, we noticed that chemists think in terms of functional groups whereas fuel engineers think in terms of physical fuel properties. In this Concept article, we discuss the effect of carbon and oxygen functional groups on potential fuel properties. This serves as a way of informing our own thinking and provides us with a basis with which to design and synthesize molecules from biomass that could provide useful transportation fuels.},
doi = {10.1002/cssc.201600159},
journal = {ChemSusChem},
number = 9,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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