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News Biofuels

• Biofuel for ships
  

  The combustion of conventional fossil fuels accounts for a large share of global CO2 emissions. A great deal of criticism is levelled against cruise and merchant ships for polluting the environment with sooty waste gas and toxic heavy fuels. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, more

• Key advance toward production of important biofuel
  

  An international research collaboration has taken an important step toward the commercially viable manufacture of biobutanol, an alcohol whose strong potential as a fuel for gasoline-powered engines could pave the path away from fossil fuels. The key breakthrough is the development of a new metal or more

• Unexpected discovery: Blue-green algae produce oil
  

  Cyanobacteria - colloquially also called blue-green algae - can produce oil from water and carbon dioxide with the help of light. This is shown by a recent study by the University of Bonn. The result is unexpected: Until now, it was believed that this ability was reserved for plants. It is possible 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