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In principle the adoption of combustibles as alternative
energy sources for utility power generation system entails the
integration of several technologies that have roles in facilitating
the
adoption of combustibles energy sources. In this regard then the
collection of technologies that must necessarily be integrated for
the focused design of Combustibles Power Generation System would
ordinarily consist broadly of technologies for the
liberation of the internal energy in the form of thermal potential,
technologies for the conversion of the thermal potential into mechanical potential,
and technologies for the conversion of the mechanical potential into electrical
potential, given that ultimately, the target energy potential irrespective of
the sequence of conversions is always the electrical potential
In developing the
integrations for Combustibles Power Generation System, the driving rationale has been based on the
need to be comprehensive in spanning the use of every technology
that has been analyzed for the purposes of biofuel energy adoption.
Accordingly various combination of technologies based on the
combustion technologies, and then on the thermal energy conversion
technologies have been integrated for analysis in order to better
assess the form of the power generation system that reasonably
supports the demands for use of alternative energy sources
in-substitution for fossil fuels. The combinations of technologies
from which the Power Systems are developed are further refined with
respect to the thermal energy to mechanical energy conversions
types: Direct Conversions and Indirect Conversions; in addition to
.direct conversions to electrical energy. These refinements have
been made with the object of spanning the full breath of the
technologies integrations possibilities.
The integration of the
Power System was, however, restricted to just the commonly produced
biofuels: Biodiesel, Ethanol and Butanol. Although propanol, as is
with the other alcohols, conceivably could also be produced by
biotechnology, this alcohol is not considered as a possible biofuel
and as such integrations of Power Generation Systems with the object
of using propanol as a biofuel is not included.
Needless to state though
that for the purposes of effective comparative analysis, the
adoption analysis has also been based on the development of parallel
industry roles as has been characteristic of the fossil fuel
industry. The fossil fuel energy industry has two primary roles: The
fossil fuel
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energy sources, such
as coal, crude oil and natural gas suppliers, and the Utility
Companies that consume the fossil fuel in their power generation
systems. Of course, in addition to these two main roles there are
other support roles such as the fossil fuel distributors.
Rationally
then, these roles also deserved being addressed within the context
of analyzing the circumstances attendant of the adoption of
combustibles energy sources. As such the analyses have also included
the analysis of industrial production process for combustibles
supply such as the production of Biodiesel and Ethanol and Butanol.
Again, although propanol conceivably could also be produced by
biotechnology, the industrial production process for this alcohol as
a biofuel is not included in the analysis.
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