Xylofuel Using Cow Rumen Microbes to Transform Hydrogen and CO2 Into Alcohol and Gasoline-Like Fuels

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:08:39 +0000

Scientists at Xylofuel LLC, a startup from Columbia, MD, discovered microorganisms that convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen to alcohols and hydrocarbons similar to the components of gasoline. The gases are inexpensive to produce as industrial byproducts or from heating or anaerobic digestion of biomass. The fuels produced by microbial isolates include hexane and other medium length alkanes.

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Carbon Neutral Methane Obtained Cheaply From CO2 and Water

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:11:28 +0000

We all know most of world's greatest inventions have been made by mistake. A team of researchers from the Penn State, led by Bruce E.Logan, Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering, discovered how to produce methane from water and carbon dioxide. Here's what he says: "We were studying making hydrogen in microbial electrolysis cells and we kept getting all this methane. We may now understand why."

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Xylofuel Using Cow Rumen Microbes to Transform Hydrogen and CO2 Into Alcohol and Gasoline-Like Fuels

Carbon Neutral Methane Obtained Cheaply From CO2 and Water