Year 10 Science – Biofuels
Content Description
- Different types of chemical reactions are used to produce a range of products and can occur at different rates (ACSSU187)
This teacher guide, student activities and accompanying video demonstrate the importance and environmental benefits of biofuels. The unit focuses on biodiesel and ethanol production – the two main biofuels produced and used in vehicles in Australia.
Year 10 Science – Biofuels (3.5MB)
Video
A case study of the processes used to produce ethanol in Australia s first grain to ethanol plant is provided both in the teacher background information and in the accompanying video.
Audio description version video
Biofuels video transcript (47KB)
Link
Keywords
farming, agriculture, environment, ethanol, bioethanol, biodiesel, bio gasoline, sorghum, fermentation, processing, carbon cycle, feedstocks, bio refinery
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