{"id":13897,"key":"Biogasoline","title":"Biogasoline","latest":{"id":1207531,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T22:24:42Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:BiogasolineProduction.png|thumb|BiogasolineProduction]]\n\n'''Biogasoline''' are biohydrocarbons with between 5 and 12 carbon atoms per molecule, mainly hexane.\n\nThese biogasolines can be used in pure state (100% biogasoline or BG100) in any conventional gasoline engine (as happens with biobutanol), and can be distributed in the same fueling infrastructure, as the properties match traditional gasoline from petroleum.<ref name=\"CNET20080114\">[http://web.archive.org/web/20130811142635/http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9849832-54.html New energy act to fuel flow of 'biogasoline']</ref> Heptanone is not really biogasoline and requires a small percentage of octane booster to match gasoline. Ethanol fuel (E85) requires a special engine and has lower combustion energy and corresponding fuel economy.<ref>[http://www.bgtbiogasoline.com/ BGT biogasoline]</ref>\n\nBiogasoline is different from biobutanol and [[Ethanol]], as they are bioalcohols and not bio-hydrocarbons.\n\n=== Companies ===\n\n(Non-exhaustive list)\n\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20180823032018/http://www.amyrisbiotech.com/projects_biofuels.html\tAmyris Biotechnologies] (gasoline and diesel substitutes from feedstocks used in ethanol production)\n* [http://www.bgtbiogasoline.com/ BGT Biogasoline] (hexane and heptanol from sugars)\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20081219172605/http://www.codexis.com:80/wt/page/bioindustrials Codexis] (biofuels from non-food feedstocks via special catalysts)\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20111005153616/http://www.diversified-energy.com:80/index.cfm?s_webAction=centia Diversified Energy] (Centia™ - high performance biofuels from renewable oil)\n* [http://ls9.com LS9] (\"Renewable Petroleum™\" - customized fuel from [[microbes]])\n* [http://www.syntheticgenomics.com/ Synthetic Genomics] (oil from engineered [[microbes]])\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20111001101341/http://www.virent.com/BioForming/difference.html Virent Energy Systems] (\"BioForming\" - biofuels from a variety of feedstocks via catalysts)\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20191216005103/http://www.sapphireenergy.com:80/ Sapphire Energy] (produced renewable 91 octane gasoline that conforms to ASTM certification)\n\n== Source ==\n\n[[Wikipedia: Biogasoline]]\n\n== References ==\n\n<references />\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| description = Biogasoline is a cleaner fuel for cars. Appropedia looks at how it’s made and who’s leading in this technology.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Renewable energy]]\n[[Category:Energy]]"}