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KAUST team seeks improved catalysts for Lebedev ethanol-to-butadiene process for renewable rubber

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Butadiene can also be produced from ethanol by one of two primary methods: Lebedev, which converts ethanol over one catalyst in one reactor, and Ostromisslensky, which converts a mixture of ethanol and acetaldehyde in a two-reactor system. A 2017 analysis by a Ukrainian/French team (Kyriienko et al. Kyriienko, Olga V.

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Toshiba’s new large-scale production technology for electrolysis electrodes cuts iridium use to 1/10

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P2G uses electrolysis of water to convert renewable energy into hydrogen, for storage and transportation to where it is needed. Toshiba developed an iridium oxide nanosheet laminated catalyst that reduced the iridium requirement to 1/10 in 2017. Structures of Oxide Nanosheet and MEA developed by Toshiba.

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Siluria Technologies announces successful start-up of first demo plant directly converting natural gas to ethylene through OCM

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The demonstration plant is the final scale-up of the OCM process technology and paves the way for Siluria to deploy commercial-scale plants in the 2017/2018 timeframe. The oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) converts methane into ethane and ethylene (C 2 hydrocarbons). Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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LanzaTech collaborating with Swayana to convert waste gases from ferroalloy production to ethanol

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LanzaTech’s first commercial facility will be online at the end of 2017 in China, producing fuel-grade ethanol from captured steelmaking off-gas. The successful application of LanzaTech’s innovative platform in steel making has led to commercial engagement with companies in the ferroalloy sector. during steel manufacturing.

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German power-to-gas facility opens green methanation plant; €28M STORE&GO project

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Construction on the methanation plant began in July 2017. In this second stage, hydrogen from regenerative energy sources is converted into methane (CH 4 ), i.e. synthetic natural gas, using CO 2 from a bio-ethanol plant. Type of CO2 source (biogas; waste water; atmosphere). million) STORE&GO research project.

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Pilot test result of D3MAX cellulosic ethanol technology better than expected

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Testing of the patented D3MAX corn fiber-to-ethanol process and technology is underway with testing to be complete by June of 2017. Because the pilot test results have been so positive to date, D3MAX plans to begin designing the first commercial scale D3MAX plant this summer with construction expected to begin by Fall 2017.

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Scientists develop method for direct conversion of methane to methanol or acetic acid under mild conditions

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The researchers said that while still too low for commercialization, these unusually high activities may guide the development of optimized catalysts and practical processes for the direct conversion of methane to methanol, acetic acid and other useful chemicals. Rhodium loadings of 0.5 wt% and 0.6 Junjun Shan, Mengwei Li, Lawrence F.