can we produce petrol artificially?

Question

by means of any chemical reaction

Answer 1

yes.

petrol is composed of a mixture of hydrocarbons, many of which can be formed using organic synthesis.

the issue is, the energy to transform many of the renewable feedstocks of carbon into such complex molecules is more than is recovered during combustion. So basically, to synthetically create petrol rather than distill it costs more than it's worth.

Answer 2

How To Create Petrol

Answer 3

Yes we can. Scientists in india have found out that a plant called Jatropha can be used to make petrol and it is being used in the state of chhattisgarh (india) for making artificial petrol. The jatropha plant gives seeds which r then used to extract biodiesel. It's cheaper than the petrol we are using now, and the animals don't eat the Jatropha plant, making it easy for farmers to grow it for commercial uses.

Alternatively , a lady scientist in Nagpur city has also found a measure to produce fuel from used plastic bottles. And researchers in india have found out that a plant called KARANJ can also be used to make petrol.

Answer 4

Technically, we DO produce petrol or gasoline artificially using crude oil as the chemical "feed stock" which we then refine through separation by molecular weight, removal of unwanted compounds, and sometimes even chemical "cracking" where higher molecular weight carbon compounds are broken down into shorter chain molecules useful for automotive fuels.

Any long chain hydrocarbon should theoretically be convertible into automotive fuels, but the cost can be prohibitive. That gives hope for the use of materials such as tar sands which are very heavy, very long-chain molecules. Unfortunately it requires a lot more energy ($$$) to convert to petrol/gasoline than it costs to convert crude oil.

Side note: there are actually different types of crude oil such as "light sweet" and "heavy sour" which require different techniques for their conversion to motor fuels. Light sweet crude is the most desirable, but is also become increasingly rare.

Answer 5

Petrol itself is a chemical... it is possible to produce petrol artificially.. It is also possible to produce alternative fuels using natural herbas and plants or other natural resources ...

U can watch out COOL FUEL ROAD TRIPS in Discovery Travel and Living Channel where they do promote a show displaying alternatives fuels other than petrol can be used for vehicles...

Answer 6

As every one said petrol is a hydro carbon which is close to Ethanol chain. Chemically we cannot produce petrol but we can synthesise the same from a different hydrocarbon compound.

So answering to the question we cannot PRODUCE petrol but synthesise the same. There is a difference

Answer 7

Yes, its true, v can now make petrol by some chemical reaction. In some magazine I have read that one Nasik based lady named Mrs. Zadgaonkar has succeeded in making Petrol from PLASTIC n she is also running some vehicles on it. She also contacted some Petoleum Firms in India to disclose its so called formula, but u know, Mera Bharat Mahan, n that research is of no use for general public which seems to be promising in many ways like Decrease in depedency on other coutries for Fuel and Cleaning our Dumps of Plastic

Answer 8

Yes, its possible and places have been doing it for a number of years now. Research is trying to get the cost down so that it can maybe make its way into society as an alternative energy source. One interesting thing I have found is the potential of using algae (yeah, that slimy stuff in ponds and stuff) to create fuel. Go to this website and read the article. It's very interesting.
http://www.publish.csiro.au/ecos/index.cfm?paper=EC124p34&sid=11
I think you'll also see a big push for oil shale in the near future as an alternative since the United States has ridiculous numbers of oil shale deposits compared to other countries. An extremely interesting article on the World Energy Council's website talks about the possibilities of oil shale. That link is: http://www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis/publications/reports/ser/shale/shale.asp
Right now, the main concern and focus is getting the cost to produce things down. That is where the challenge is. It will be interesting to see where things go in the next few years. There will be major changes.

Answer 9

yes we can, recently in India they invented a process to produce biodiesel from plant seeds. Like that if we modify the characteristics of the diesel by cracking it is possible to get petrol. But it needs new process to develop and it involves too much cost for the production.

Answer 10

no we cannot produce petrol artificially because because petroleum is formed by the bodies of the dead plants and animals which furthergets buried and after millions and millions of the years the petroleum is formed here . So my answer says that we cannot produce petrol artificially

Answer 11

Yes - from Sugar Cane not petrol but Ethylon that could function like petrol