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ExxonMobil, Georgia Tech and Imperial College London publish joint research on potential breakthrough in membrane technology for oil refining

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With this application in mind, we created spirocyclic polymers with N-aryl bonds that demonstrated noninterconnected microporosity in the absence of ladder linkages. The resulting glassy polymer membranes demonstrated nonthermal membrane fractionation of light crude oil through a combination of class- and size-based “sorting” of molecules.

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Avantium raises 30M to advance YXY technology for green chemicals and fuels; new bio-based polymer PEF

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Avantium, which spun off from Shell in 2000 to develop furan-based biofuels and biomaterials ( earlier post ), has raised €30 million (US$43.9 million) to advance its YXY technology, which converts carbohydrates into furanic building blocks for making renewable materials and fuels.

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Mascoma Announces Feedstock Processing and Lignin Supply Agreement with Chevron Technology Ventures; Chevron Working on Converting Lignin to Hydrocarbon Fuel Components

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Mascoma will then convert the feedstock to cellulosic ethanol through its proprietary process, which produces lignin as a by-product. Chevron has filed applications for two patents on processes to convert lignin to a hydrocarbon feedstock via hydroprocessing; both applications were published on 3 September 2009. Earlier post.)

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Solvay and Avantium partner to develop green engineering plastics from furanics building blocks

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Solvay and Avantium, which spun off from Shell in 2000 to develop furan-based biofuels and biomaterials ( earlier post ), have entered into a partnership to jointly develop a next generation of green high-performance polyamides for engineering plastics. In 2010, its consolidated sales amounted to €7.1 billion in 2010).

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Avantium Building YXY Pilot Plant for Furanics Biofuels and Materials

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Avantium uses a catalytic process to convert carbohydrates into furanics building blocks. Over the past years we have made tremendous progress to develop a low-cost production process to convert biomass into YXY building blocks. Click to enlarge. —Tom van Aken, CEO Avantium.

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Ford EcoLPi Falcon goes on sale in Australia; new liquid injection LPG engine delivers more performance, lower fuel consumption

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More than 100,000 LPG-powered Falcon vehicles have been produced since a dedicated LPG system was first introduced in mid-2000. New design lightweight pistons, including low-friction ring pack; Higher compression ratio (12.0:1) Ford is the only manufacturer to offer dedicated LPG technology to the Australian market.

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BMW Research and Technology Showcases Hydrogen Fuel Cell Hybrid, On-Board Reformer

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Although currently better known for its efforts with hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines, BMW has researched low-temperature PEM (Polymer Electrolyte Membrane) fuel-cell technology has been researched and developed at BMW since 1997. Click to enlarge. Reformer technology can be used in gasoline and diesel engines.

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