Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2011

Researchers from the Stevens Institute of Technology, BASF Catalyst and Golden BioMass Fuels Corporation report on their investigation of an energy balance, in broad outline, for the production of a high-quality synthetic diesel from residual crop biomass via a Fischer-Tropsch route in a paper published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels.

Diesel 223

Diesel Oil Energy Aspen 223

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2014

Broadly, GTL processing using natural gas as feedstock entails three stages: reforming of methane to produce syngas (a mixture of H 2 and CO); conversion of the syngas using F-T synthesis to produce a broad range of hydrocarbons; and upgrading of the F-T products to naphtha, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, etc., T synthesis units.

CO2 262

CO2 Emissions Gas Aspen 262

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2009

The proposed rulemaking for RFS2 establishes new specific volume standards for cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel that must be used in transportation fuel each year. It must also achieve a lifecycle GHG emission reduction of at least 60%, compared to the gasoline or diesel fuel it displaces.

EPA 150

EPA Renewable Standards Fuel 150