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Biopropane (also known as bioLPG, eco-propane, renewable propane and rLPG) is a clean-burning, renewable fuel which is a ‘drop-in’ replacement for autogas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in all applications. It is molecularly identical to propane (C 3 H 8 ) produced from petroleum refining.
Biopropane undergoes combustion reactions in a similar fashion to other alkanes. In the presence of excess oxygen, biopropane burns to form water and carbon dioxide. Being molecularly identical, biopropane is a drop-in replacement for traditional propane. It can be used in all applications with all equipment designed to use propane as a fuel without modification. Unlike liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), biopropane is by definition a renewable source of energy. Several biological and chemical process pathways
Researchers at MIT announced in 2007 that they had developed a process for the production of biopropane from corn or sugarcane which employed supercritical fluids. A start-up company called C3 BioEnergy was formed to commercialize the process. The C3 BioEnergy process has not been deployed commercially.