pyrolysis Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:34:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Scientists Using Microwaves to Turn Waste Motor Oil Into Usable Fuel https://www.greenoptimistic.com/microwaves-pyrolysis-fuel-20110408/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/microwaves-pyrolysis-fuel-20110408/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:34:51 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=17898 British scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed a method of converting waste motor oil into diesel to be used in any diesel engine. By using microwaves and a specially-designed material, they burn the oil in the absence of oxygen, a process called pyrolysis.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/microwaves-pyrolysis-fuel-20110408/feed/ 1 17898 Microwave-Burnt Biomass Could Help "Black" Energy Industry Become Cleaner https://www.greenoptimistic.com/james-clark-microwave-biofuel-20110219/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/james-clark-microwave-biofuel-20110219/#respond Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:43:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=17205 James Clark, the director of the University of York's Green Center of Excellence, will present some of the newest chemical technologies that could help producing clean biofuels and at the same time eliminate waste, at the Annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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