Mar
25
New Understanding to Break Hydrogen Free of Biomass
March 25, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Researchers at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) report a new study that could lead to improved catalysts for producing hydrogen fuel from waste biomass. The A*STAR experimental analysis and computer simulations reveal new insights into the process by which ethanol produced from waste biomass can be converted into hydrogen in the presence […]
Jun
4
Microbes Make Fuel Directly From Biomass
June 4, 2014 | 2 Comments
Janet Westpheling at the University of Georgia (UG) has engineered microbes allowing the direct conversion of switchgrass to ethanol. Her study paper was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, documenting the direct conversion of biomass to ethanol without a pre-treatment, using the engineered bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii. Hopes for affordable transportation fuels […]
Jun
4
Innovating With Fungus to Get Cheaper Biofuel
June 4, 2013 | Leave a Comment
There’s a lot of “junk” biomass with way too much lignocellulosic material. It’s a big resource. Vienna University of Technology (VUT) scientists are looking at lignocellulosic waste such as sawdust or straw that can be used to produce biofuel – but only if the long cellulose and xylan chains can be successfully broken down into […]
May
10
Ionic liquid pretreatments show great potential as a biomass pretreatment for dissolving lignocellulose and helping to hydrolyze the resulting aqueous solution into fuel sugars. But the best of these ionic liquids so far have required the use of expensive enzymes. Blake Simmons, a chemical engineer who heads the Joint BioEnergy Institute’s (JBEI) Deconstruction Division has […]
Apr
4
Extracting Large Quantities of Hydrogen From Plants
April 4, 2013 | 1 Comment
A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant. The team believes their breakthrough that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally friendly hydrogen fuel source to the world. Y.H. Percival Zhang, an associate professor of biological systems engineering in the College of Agriculture […]
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