fermentation Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:57:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New and Improved Biofuel Production from Agricultural Wastes https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-and-improved-biofuel-production-from-agricultural-wastes-20120720/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-and-improved-biofuel-production-from-agricultural-wastes-20120720/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:57:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=25578 Researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) develop a new biofuel production process that generates 20 times more energy than currently known methods. The process highlights a novel use of microbes to produce ethanol and hydrogen from agricultural wastes. Gemma Reguera, MSU microbiologist, is the co-author of the study along with Allison Spears, MSU graduate student. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-and-improved-biofuel-production-from-agricultural-wastes-20120720/feed/ 1 25578 Korean Scientists Find Quick and Easy Way to Produce Bio-Plastics https://www.greenoptimistic.com/polylactic-acid-biopolymer-20091123/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/polylactic-acid-biopolymer-20091123/#respond Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:13:48 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5459 Petroleum stands at the base of every plastic we usually find on today's market. Polymers are everywhere, and if petroleum resources are about to go scarce with time, it's a good idea to replace it with other renewable and biodegradable material that we could use just as well as we use petroleum today.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/polylactic-acid-biopolymer-20091123/feed/ 0 5459 New Method for Extracting Hydrogen from Green Algae https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-method-for-extracting-hydrogen-from-green-algae-20090406/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-method-for-extracting-hydrogen-from-green-algae-20090406/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:24:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3270 Analyzing a single-celled green alga, researchers have found a fermentation process which was not known before that can revolution hydrogen production. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a soil or fresh water single-celled alga, produces its own energy by fermentation when it has no source of oxygen.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-method-for-extracting-hydrogen-from-green-algae-20090406/feed/ 5 3270 65% More Biofuel From Chinese Rice Straw https://www.greenoptimistic.com/65-more-biofuel-from-chinese-rice-straw-20080531/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/65-more-biofuel-from-chinese-rice-straw-20080531/#respond Sat, 31 May 2008 05:32:48 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=282 A team of chinese researchers discovered a way to a new biofuel. Their new study, scheduled for the July 16 issue of ACS' bimonthly journal Energy & Fuels, describes a way to boost production of biofuel from rice straw by almost 65 percent.

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