PU working on developing bio-diesel

The Nation (Pakistan)
July 27, 2008

LAHORE - Punjab University Institute of Chemistry is experimenting in its laboratory on ethyl alcohol, which is obtained from molasses, to get bio-diesel. This fuel is cheaper and cause 70 percent less pollution than other fuels. Over 80 percent vehicles in Brazil use this fuel.

PU Faculty of Science Dean Prof Dr Jamil Anwar Chaudhry expressed these views while briefing about the performance of the institute in a ceremony here on Saturday.

Molasses, a waste material of sugar industries, can be converted into bio-diesel and used as fuel in vehicles.

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