Audi successfully produced gasoline from plants

Audi has had a spectacular success when it first produced synthetic diesel fuel made from carbon dioxide and water. Recently, Audi said it would synthesize clean fuels and gasoline from plants called 'e-benzine'. This is a project Audi has partnered with Global Bioenergies (France).

The first successful production of gasoline from plants

By the end of 2014, Global Bioenergies began to ferment for a pilot program to produce isobutane gas from renewable biomass sugars such as corn- derived glucose. Isobutane is a type of material for the petrochemical industry that can then be refined into a variety of plastics, fuels and other applications.

The first successful production of gasoline from plants - (Photo: Gizmag)

The next step in the process is to create materials through a conditioning and purification process that allows it to be collected and stored in liquid form, some of which is sent to Germany for conversion into The isooctan fuel, which produces pure gasoline.

"This is a historic moment because we first produced gasoline from plants," Gizmag quoted Global Bioenergies CEO Marc Delcourt as saying .

Isoacetate is currently being used as an additive to improve fuel quality, but can also be used as a standalone fuel. As for Audi, they are proud of the fact that e-benzine is a clean fuel because it does not contain sulfur and benzene.

E-benzine is currently being tested for many types of engines, Audi believes that in the future this fuel will be widely used for cars.

In the next phase, the company will build a factory in Germany with a capacity of 10 times the current base in France. Expected, from 2016 onwards, each year will produce 100 tons of isooctan and high purity isobutan.