Biofuels

News Biofuels

• Efficiently producing fatty acids and biofuels from glucose
  

  Researchers have presented a new strategy for efficiently producing fatty acids and biofuels that can transform glucose and oleaginous microorganisms into microbial diesel fuel, with one-step direct fermentative production. The newly developed strain, created by Professor Sang Yup Lee and his team, more

• Researchers take two steps toward green fuel
  

  An international collaboration led by scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) , Japan, has developed a two-step method to more efficiently break down carbohydrates into their single sugar components, a critical process in producing green fuel. The breakdown process is cal more

• Chemocatalytic approach for one-pot reaction of cellulosic ethanol developed
  

  Scientists at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a chemocatalytic approach to convert cellulose into ethanol in a one-pot process by using a multifunctional Mo/Pt/WOx catalyst. This approach opens up an alternative avenue for biofuel pro more

Videos Biofuels

From the Toilet to the Tank – Biofuels from Sewage

What we flush can be converted into a biocrude oil with properties very similar to fossil fuels. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers have worked out a process that does not require that sewage be dried before transforming it under heat and pressure to biocrude. Metro Vancouver in C ... more

White papers Biofuels

• How to Analyze Sulfur and Trace Element Content in FAME
  

  Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) in automotive fuels, mostly derived from vegetable oil, is currently blended with regular diesel fuel in predetermined ranges more

Publications Biofuels

• Molecules, Vol. 23, Pages 1562: An Overview of Current Pretreatment Methods Used to Improve Lipid Extraction from Oleaginous Micro-Organisms

  Molecules, Vol. 23, Pages 1562: An Overview of Current Pretreatment Methods Used to Improve Lipid Extraction from Oleaginous Micro-Organisms Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules23071562 Authors: Alok Patel Fabio Mikes Leonidas Matsakas Microbial oils, obtained from oleaginous microorg more

• New completely renewable biofuels: Formulations and engine tests on an unmodified up-to-date diesel engine

  New completely green biofuels with rapeseed oil as main component were formulated. They not only fulfil the principles of green chemistry and thus do not contain any environmentally harmful additives, but also match the currently valid standards for biodiesel regarding their physicochemical properti more

• Molecules, Vol. 23, Pages 1404: Cocoa Shell: A By-Product with Great Potential for Wide Application

  Molecules, Vol. 23, Pages 1404: Cocoa Shell: A By-Product with Great Potential for Wide Application Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules23061404 Authors: Jelena Panak Balentić Đurđica Ačkar Stela Jokić Antun Jozinović Jurislav Babić Borislav Miličević Drago Šubarić Nika Pavlović more