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New Ethanol Conversion to Deliver More Energy

Samantha Joe — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 09:43:37 +0000

Researchers have found a new method of ethanol conversion that may be applied to the development of renewable fuels. Ethanol, a corn-based product, is traditionally added into engine fuel. You may see signs when filling up your vehicle with gasoline that it contains ethanol. Though it is added to fuel to help decrease emissions, the […]

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Japanese Researchers Find Ways To Produce Biobutanol More Efficiently

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:04:07 +0000

Butanol can be made greener by the research of a Japanese institute, who developed an energy-saving biobutanol with a density of at least 80 percent. They derived their biobutanol from a 1 percent concentrated butanol and used a zeolitic separation membrane.

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Renewable Biomass Creates High Energy Fuels at Gasoline Prices

Mike Sandru — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:26:07 +0000

"Cellulose is the biggest source of sugars on the planet. The difficulty is, it's harder to get at that cellulose and get at those sugars than it is to get the sugars from corn kernels," says Mike Cleary, director of the National Bioenergy Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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