Jul
3
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) researchers leading an international collaboration have developed a two-step method to more efficiently break down carbohydrates into their single sugar components, a critical process in producing green fuel. The research group published their results in the American Chemical Society journal Industrial & Engineering Chemical Research. The breakdown process […]
May
24
Tripling the Value of Biomass
May 24, 2017 | Leave a Comment
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s professor James Dumesic has developed a new process that triples the fraction of biomass converted to high-value products to nearly 80 percent. The development also triples the expected rate of return for an investment in the technology from roughly 10 percent (for one end product) to 30 percent. Technologies for converting non-edible […]
Jul
9
Finding Clues to Unlock Lignin and Cellulosic Energy
July 9, 2015 | 1 Comment
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) team of scientists used the Titan supercomputer to model the interaction of lignin and hemicellulose of a plant cell wall. The team is working to further the commercial viability of cellulosic ethanol. The team is concluding that hydrophobic, or water repelling lignin binds less with hydrophilic, or water attracting […]
Sep
24
Human Microbes May Help Make Biofuel
September 24, 2014 | Leave a Comment
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI) scientists report some of the best microbial candidates to make biofuel actually may reside in the human lower intestine. Researchers have looked far and wide for microbes that break down hemicellulose focusing over the past years on termite gut microbes because they breakdown wood tissues effectively and cow stomach […]
Jan
4
The Dynamic Duo of Biofuels Is Back
January 4, 2013 | Leave a Comment
James Dumesic and George Huber are now both at the University of Wisconsin-Madison leading a team of researchers demonstrating how C5 sugars derived from hemicellulose can be converted into a high-quality petroleum refinery feedstock via a four-step catalytic process. Go Badgers! What a team! The great cheer is their research paper is open-access published in […]
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