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ICL researchers develop new membrane-based system for cheap, efficiently made biofuels

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Biofuels can be produced by fermenting waste biomass and recovering the fuel from the fermented solution using an extractant. This project was funded by bp International Centre for Advanced Materials (bp ICAM). —Professor Andrew Livingston of Imperial’s Department of Chemical Engineering. Bolton, Young Moo Lee and Andrew G.

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Chalmers team identifies two main challenges for bio-hydrocarbon fuel production from cheap sources

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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have identified two main challenges for renewable biofuel production from cheap sources: lowering the cost of developing microbial cell factories; and establishing more efficient methods for hydrolysis of biomass to sugars for fermentation. That is in line with our research too.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. We only drove ’normal’ ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) cars before but those gave me a feeling of always being in a hurry. It is something very cheap to fix and to inspect.

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UC Davis process produces gasoline-range hydrocarbons from biomass-derived levulinic acid; field-to-tank yield of >60% claimed

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A paper on their work is published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition ; UC Davis has filed provisional patents on the process, and is making it available for licensing. It’s a cheap and practical starting point that can be produced from raw biomass with high yield, Mascal said. barrels of oil (117.6 gallons US).

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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In a new study, KPMG International has identified 10 “megaforces” that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades. Material Resource Scarcity: As developing countries industrialize rapidly, global demand for material resources is predicted to increase significantly. billion by 2032.

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Researchers produce high density renewable fuels from terpenes; potential use as significant components of jet, diesel and tactical fuels

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Mixtures were used for lighting and for early internal combustion engines. In this manner, full performance and even ultra-performance renewable fuels can be synthesized from low-value and abundant waste materials. —Meylemans et al. —Meylemans et al. —Meylemans et al. Meylemans, Roxanne L. Quintana, Benjamin G.

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MIT professor pursuing direct sulfide electrolysis for copper production

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In a presentation for the Copper International Conference in Santiago, Chile, in December 2013, Allanore noted the proof of concept for producing copper and sulfur by electrodecomposition of copper sulfide, achieved by T.P. —Antoine Allanore. The idea for direct sulfide electrolysis dates to as early as 1906. 2013.04.095.

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