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Syndiesel vs DME
it comes down to how much fuel an acre of land will produce. Synthetic diesel would be a lot easier for Volvo Group to drop into its vehicles, but according to their estimates, DME will deliver over 65 percent more miles of travel per acre cultivated; compared with conventional biodiesel produced from vegetal oil, the advantage is five to one. - Read More
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Topics : Bioenergy
Syndiesel costs more than DME but also has more energy
costs slightly more to produce from syngas than DME does, synthetic diesel has a higher energy density. A tank of diesel will take a long-haul truck twice as far as a tank of DME - Read More
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Topics : Oil
Better to do Syndieseil instead of DME
Producing DME using gasification would require dedicated distribution networks which do not exist today; this becomes a chicken and egg story; it's better to do syndiesel as that can fit in with the existing distribution system - Read More
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