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Solar Powered Device Turns Methane into Cleaner Syngas and Diesel Fuel

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:09:39 +0000

A new solar-powered device developed at the Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory (PNNL) by researcher Robert Wegeng could reduce the CO2 emissions of natural gas by up to 20 percent. Basically, what the device does is it takes the heat obtained by concentrating sunlight through the usage of a parabolic dish (solar concentrator) and uses it to transform […]

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Israeli Company Uses Solar Energy to Convert CO2 to Biofuel

Leigh Hutchens — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:26:21 +0000

Professor Jacob Karni, long considered Israel’s solar energy authority, has created his own company, NewCO2Fuels, to build a solar reactor. His goal: use energy collected from the sun in order to decrease coal-burning industry pollution. Karni believes that Australian brown coal is a good source of energy. It is found on the surface of the […]

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Iowa Engineers Convert Cellulosic Biomass to SynGas Using Pyrolysis-Gasification

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:10:11 +0000

A huge renewable energy project is currently conducted and making its way in Iowa State University that utilizes cellulosic biomass as sources of synthesis gas or SynGas, which can be processed further to desired type of fuel. In a previous article, Iowa engineers are using pyrolysis-microbial bioconversion tandem in converting biomass to bio-oil to biofuels. […]

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Colorado Company Uses Concentrated Solar Power to Transform Biomass into Gasoline

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:09:20 +0000

Sundrop Fuels, a Louisville, CO, -based company has developed a method of using concentrated solar power to heat the biomass to 1200 or 1300 ºC, and even produce syngas more efficiently than the standard technology, which uses only 30 to 35 percent of the biomass.

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Thermochemical System Combines Production of Ethanol and Thermal Energy

Cristi — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:24:53 +0000

Iowa State University started a new project of developing a thermochemical system that combines production of ethanol and thermal energy. With a low-emission burner and a new catalyst for ethanol production, the technologies use synthesis gas produced from discarded seed corn, switch-grass, wood chips and other biomass.

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