Dec
18
A Deep Look Into Wood to Bio-Oil By Pyrolysis
December 18, 2012 | 7 Comments
North Carolina State University’s chemical and biomolecular engineer Dr. Phillip Westmoreland and doctoral student Vikram Seshadri looked at the molecular level when wood is rapidly heated to high temperatures in the absence of oxygen, a decomposition process known as pyrolysis. Much of the energy that can be extracted from wood exists in the cell wall […]
Dec
30
Ferment Two Sugars at the Same Time
December 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Xylose comes from woody plant structures, its a five-carbon atom sugar and is a primary target in lignin and cellulose biomass fermentation. But most yeast cannot ferment xylose sugar. Now a collaboration led by researchers at the University of Illinois, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the University of California and the oil company BP are […]
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