An Introduction of Peanut Oil

Peanut plant (Arachis hypogea L.) is a class of leguminoceae family. Peanut comes from Latin America and is developed by Asia countries such as India, Philipine, Japan, and Indonesia. In Indonesia, based on research result of PEA research center in Bogor, has been known 4 (four) kinds of Peanut. They are Elephant, Bull, Tiger, and [...]

The Air Pollutant Classification

An air pollution control strategy for a region is a specification of the allowable levels of pollutant emissions from sources. To fonnulate such a strategy it is necessary to be able to estimate the atmospheric fate of the emissions, and thus the ambient concentrations Each pollutant gives different impact. Therefore, we need different strategy too [...]

Green Chemistry Solution: Plastic Bags to Batteries by Argonne National Lab

Plastic bags problem is one of the biggest problem around environment. In fact, they could be recycled into carbon nanotubes, a component in lithium ion batteries.
At Argonne National Laboratory, 25-miles southwest of Chicago, Vilas Pol has developed a way to not only recycle plastic bags, but also make them into an energy resource of [...]

Biodiesel and Its Impact on the Environment

Biodiesel has been getting its share of interest among people in the search for alternative fuels. The cost of oils has been steadily going up in the worldwide market and many think it is time to find alternative sources to tone down in some way the rising costs of using gas and other petroleum-derived fuels. [...]

Advantages and Disadvantages of Biomass

Besides the advantages, biomass also has the disadvantages. Almost every new alternative has both of them. That’s why lot of researchers try to find the best one for our life.
The Advantages of Biomass

Theoretically biomass is an inexhaustible fuel source
Biomass is available throughout the world
There is minimal environmental impact when plants are not directly burned [...]

How Biomass Works

Biomass energy is the energy which comes from industrial waste, agricultural crop residues, and energy plantation. The energy is originally from plants that converted the sun’s energy through photosynthesis and stored it in different forms. This form then can be converted to fuel, electricity and heat.
Actually biomass works with different processes depending on which form [...]

Biofuels Compared

The National Geographic created a diagram comparison of biofuel alternatives. This diagram is in swf format and share the CO2 emissions, price, and energy balance comparison which is produced in some countries with different plant material. Perhaps this data will give you some information to choose your biofuel for green living.
To see this swf diagram, [...]

The Main Goal of Green Concept

I sometimes discuse various useful topics in my facebook profile. It’s interesting to talk this issue with the right people such as my friends (some of them are researchers) and my lecturer in environment engineering. A few days ago, my lecturer said that the main goal of green concept is “pollution prevention” rather than “waste [...]