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News Biofuels

• Team develops bioprocess for converting plant materials into valuable chemicals
  

  A team of scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed a bioprocess using engineered yeast that completely and efficiently converted plant matter consisting of acetate and xylose into high-value bioproducts. Lignocellulose, the woody material that gives plant cells their struc more

• Catalyzing the conversion of biomass to biofuel
  

  Zeolites are extremely porous materials: Ten grams can have an internal surface area the size of a soccer field. Their cavities make them useful in catalyzing chemical reactions and thus saving energy. An international research team has now made new findings regarding the role of water molecules in more

• A 'bio-refinery': using the chemistry of willow trees to treat municipal wastewater
  

  Every year in Canada, six trillion litres of municipal wastewater are partially treated and released into the environment, while another 150 billion litres of untreated sewage are discharged straight into pristine surface waters. Now researchers have found a way to stem that flow: by filtering the w 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