lignocellulose Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:35:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 ORNL Researchers Find Way to Make Ethanol From Switchgrass Cheaper by Using Neutron Scattering https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ornl-ethanol-neutron-scattering-20100916/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ornl-ethanol-neutron-scattering-20100916/#respond Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:35:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=10418 A research aimed to lower the cost of biomass conversion process has been conducted by the researchers from the DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Georgia Tech. The study used small-angle neutron scattering to test the structural impact of an acid pretreatment of lignocellulose from switchgrass.

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