Biofuel Extraction Techniques

7Extraction Techniques of Gas-to-Liquids (GtL) Fuels

Sonali Kesarwani, Divya Bajpai Tripathy^* and Pooja Bhadana

Division of Forensic Science, School of Basic and Applied Science, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, U.P., India

Abstract

In modern times, energy production is found to be one of the most persistent issues. From domestic to economic use, energy production and extraction is required. The synthesis of a wide range of goods and services also requires a source of energy, and primarily, the most widely used energy source in the world is, fossil fuels. Because of the rapid development and expansion of the system, natural gas drives its use for domestic supplies and the resulting declining pressures of natural gas prices have stimulated renewable commercial awareness in domestic Gas-to-Liquid (GtL) processing. Moreover, all primary natural gas contains Natural Gas Liquid (NGL), a group of hydrocarbons that includes ethane (C₂H₆), propane (C₃H₈), n-butane and iso-butane (C₄H₁₀), pentane (C₅H₁₂), and natural gasoline. Although the quantity of liquid is not always adequate to be extracted economically, due to global demand and the need to meet certain specifications, NGL and GtL extraction is required. Worldwide efforts have been made to develop economical as well as environmentally friendly liquid fuels, which can meet the specific needs of the 21^st century. In the process of bio or synthetic fuel production, the techniques for extraction serve as a vital technology in ...