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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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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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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.

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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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Non-bike bike gear tested: Foldylock Forever is the most secure folding lock, period.

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Someone will eventually mention Lockpicking Lawyer and say you’re all wasting your time. It’s not cheap – I’ll tell you that immediately. But good quality isn’t cheap, and if I could go back and spend that $125 before my $3,000 e-bike was stolen last year , I’d do it in a heartbeat. Basically, there’s little consensus.

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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.

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STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab spin-off seeking to develop and commercialize a novel solid-state hydrogen storage technology; transportation applications

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The material could allow hydrogen to be stored in a cheap and practical way for transport applications, the company says. The hydride beads would then pumped to a hot cell where waste heat from the engine exhaust is used to drive the hydrogen into a small buffer volume.

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