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DECEMBER 16, 2013

McDonald describe their study of converting methanol (MTG) and a mixture of methanol and glycerol (MGTG) into gasoline-range hydrocarbons using a bench-top, fixed-bed microreactor. The technology of converting methanol into gasoline was discovered and commercialized more than 3 decades ago. Tropsch synthesis (FTS).

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OCTOBER 8, 2017

Researchers at Washington State University and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have devised a method of converting a waste product generated by the conversion of algae into bio-crude into a usable and valuable commodity. Converting algae to biofuels can utilize a two-step process. —Fernandez et al. Schmidt, Marie S.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. This project will deliver a demonstrated scalable, deployment-ready oil-extraction system focused on creating a low carbon-intensity pathway to algae-based sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). Comstock Inc.,

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JULY 16, 2013

The independent Dutch research organization TNO is working with the Russian A.V. Topchiev Institute for Petrochemical Synthesis ( TIPS ) on marketing a new technology developed by TIPS to convert flared gases into hydrocarbon fuels such as gasoline. —Kolesnikova et al. The benefits of this are manifold.

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JUNE 16, 2015

A new catalytic method for converting algal oil to gasoline- or jet-fuel-range hydrocarbons has been developed by the research group of Prof. Watanabe and his team at the University of Tsukuba discovered the heterotrophic alga Aurantiochytrium 18W-13a strain (left) which very rapidly produces squalene (right) from organics in water.

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JUNE 3, 2013

Japan-based Chiyoda Corporation announced that a demonstration plant located in its Koyasu Office and Research Park has successfully achieved expected performance using a liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology. Organic Chemical Hydrides (OCH) can store and transport hydrogen under ambient temperature and pressure.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Pyrolysis bio-oils are produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass by heating in the absence of oxygen at more than 500 °C; fast pyrolysis of biomass is much less expensive than biomass conversion technologies based on gasification or fermentation processes. Solid arrows: Pyrolysis oil is directly passed over the zeolite catalyst.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

Researchers at Applied Research Associates’ (ARA) Florida Research Laboratory are developing a catalytic hydrothermolysis (CH) process to convert triglycerides (e.g., crop oils and animal fats) to non-ester biofuels—renewable fuels that are pure hydrocarbons indistinguishable from their petroleum counterparts. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 14, 2010

In a pre-response to that speech, having successfully advocated for plug-in hybrids like the forthcoming Chevy Volt, we propose that the President follow that speech up with a “realistic and conservative” roadmap to halve our oil use in 10 years. Oil is holding us all hostage, economically and physically. Finally, it’s time to begin.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Chen’s group developed the process to produce alkanes and aromatics in the jet fuel range by microwave-induced pyrolysis of intact biomass (Douglas fir) integrated with hydrotreating upgrading of pyrolysis oil. 1,8-cineole is readily converted to p-menthane, which is a C 10 cycloalkane in the jet fuel range. —Yang et al.

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AUGUST 12, 2017

The California Energy Commission is issuing a solicitation ( GFO-17-901 ) to provide up to $3 million in funding for innovative, pre-commercial low-carbon fuel production processes that result in the development of bio-oil as an intermediate fuel with wide-scale adoption potential used for renewable jet fuel production.

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MARCH 13, 2012

Researchers at the University of Alberta (Canada) have quantified the transformation of the boreal landscape by open-pit oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada to evaluate its effect on carbon storage and sequestration. Converting from units of carbon to CO 2 equivalents, this is between 41.8 —Rooney et al.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Thermochemical direct liquefaction pathways are unique in their ability to accept readily widely varied non-food, high-impact biomass and to produce bio-oil feedstocks that may be further processed into a range of hydrocarbons that are similar to those found in crude oil derived products, DOE notes. Solvent liquefaction (i.e.

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JUNE 19, 2012

At last month’s World Renewable Energy Forum 2012 in Denver, Colorado, researchers from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory presented papers on two different approaches to upgrade pyrolysis oils to hydrocarbon fuels or fuel intermediates. Fast pyrolysis can convert about 70% of the mass and energy into the liquid product.

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MARCH 26, 2021

A large-scale demonstration converting biocrude to renewable diesel fuel has passed a significant test, operating for more than 2,000 hours continuously without losing effectiveness. The biocrude oil came from many different sources, including wastewater sludge from Detroit, and food waste collected from prison and an army base.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Vattenfall and Aalborg University are partnering with Danish startup SCF Technologies in a two-year project to design a demonstration plant based on SCF’s CatLiq process—an application of the firm’s supercritical fluid technology in the catalytic production of bio-oil from organic waste. SCF Technologies 2008 Annual Report.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

The basic New Oil process. Louisiana-based startup New Oil Resources (NOR) is commercializing a near-critical (i.e., 320-390 °C, 200-420 bar) aqueous phase process which converts biomass containing cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin into a high-octane gasoline fraction. Click to enlarge. James Catallo and Thomas Junk.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

This cornerstone is needed to build-up production capacity and organize feedstock value chains while avoiding investments that either fail to deliver emission reductions or cause unintended environmental impacts. One of the key elements is a regulatory framework that guarantees future-proof sustainability requirements.

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MAY 13, 2011

The Ford Motor Company Fund and the Georgia Institute of Technology are partnering on the US’ first conversion of a traditional school bus to a hydraulic hybrid vehicle that runs on recycled biofuel. Atlanta Public Schools (APS) donated the bus for the project.

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JUNE 23, 2022

He also continued his calls for the oil industry to increase refinery capacity to increase production. Crude oil is always the top contributor to the prices US drivers see at the pump. About half of US refinery shutdowns are conversions to renewable fuel production. including refineries in Canada, are being similarly converted.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

SwRI has added a custom-designed circulating fluidized bed (CFB) to convert heavy crude oils or biological feedstock such as corn, into valuable, refined fuel samples that clients can assess for quality and profitability. For example, fluidized cataltyic cracking is commonly used in producing gasoline from crude oil.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

CH utilizes water to reduce hydrogen and catalyst consumption and quickly and inexpensively converts plant oils into stable intermediate oil products which are very similar to petroleum crude oil. Aemetis, Inc., In May of this year, CLG joined ARA’s ReadiJet Alternative Fuel Initiative for drop-in biofuels. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 3, 2010

A comparison of estimates of the energy return on investment (EROI) at the wellhead for conventional crude oil, or for crude product prior to refining for oil shale. While one could argue that the char and gas produced and consumed within the shale conversion process has zero opportunity cost—i.e., Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Mascal and Nikitin have previously reported on a biphasic acid/solvent process that converts carbohydrates in biomass feedstocks into the biofuel precursor CMF. In the new work, they applied that method to the processing of oil seed feedstocks, resulting in a substantial increase in fuel production from this type of biomass.

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APRIL 20, 2011

A team at Stanford University is proposing using solid oxide fuel cells as the basis for a method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture (EPICC) as a means to provide transportation services from oil shale with greatly reduced CO 2 emissions. Conversion to work via. Scale of conversion to work.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Scientists in China have developed a process for converting cellulose from plant waste from agriculture and timber harvesting into high-density aviation fuel: a polycycloalkane mixture. Li and his team found that cellulose can be selectively converted to. —Ning Li. 2,5-hexanedione using hydrogenolysis. 2019.02.005.

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JUNE 21, 2016

The process has been continuously optimized and now achieves almost full conversion at mild reaction conditions, the company said. Development of commercial production of C 1 through to C 4 alkanesulfonic acids—including MSA—came out of work in the 1940s at Standard Oil of Indiana.

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DECEMBER 14, 2013

The Netherlands-based TNO research organization and the Russian A.V. TIPS has developed a novel method of conversion for gas, biomass and coal to liquid hydrocarbons (XTL) that is more efficient and easier to apply on small scale than the commonly used Fischer-Tropsch process. Earlier post.). Kolesnikova, E.; Biryukova, E.;

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Recent successful field tests at its Colony Mine with the Electrofrac process for converting the kerogen in oil shale to producible oil and gas is prompting ExxonMobil to try again for a research and development lease from the Interior Department for a larger trial. barrels of water for each barrel of oil produced, he said.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

A University of Maine chemical engineer and his research team have developed a new process—thermal deoxygenation (TDO)—to transform biomass, including forest residues, municipal solid waste, grasses, and construction wastes, into a hydrocarbon fuel oil. The TDO process starts with the conversion of cellulose to organic acids.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

Scale-Up of the Primary Conversion Reactor to Generate a Lignin-Derived Cyclohexane Jet Fuel. Microchannel Reactor for Ethanol to n-Butene Conversion. Conversion of 2,3-Butanediol to Biojet Fuel: Scale-up and Technoeconomic Analysis of Energy-Efficient Separations and Fermentative Diol Production. University of North Dakota.

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MARCH 26, 2020

Wärtsilä has extensive experience in converting engines to other fuels, including diesel to dual-fuel, as well as engines capable of burning methanol and volatile organic compounds from crude oil cargoes. The modularity of modern engines means that conversions can be made with a very limited exchange of components.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Such an innovation will play a key role in helping the company exceed the 50% emissions reduction target, compared to 2008 levels, that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has mandated all shipbuilders should achieve by 2050. Today, 80% of the world’s shipping fleet runs on heavy fuel oil, or bunker fuel.

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JULY 15, 2010

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have formed the Clean Energy Partnership to accelerate the development and deployment of coal conversion, emissions capture and carbon storage technologies.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Australia-based renewable fuels company Muradel has launched Australia’s first integrated demonstration plant for the sustainable conversion of algae into green crude, as a first step towards a commercial plant with the potential to produce 80 million liters (21 million gallons US, or about 500,000 barrels) of crude oil per year.

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APRIL 6, 2010

HCL CleanTech, a US-Israeli biofuels technology development company focused on full process technology for conversion of woody biomass to fermentable sugars and advanced biofuels, has selected North Carolina as the site for its administrative headquarters and pilot plant.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. The carbon-related costs of converting the land to sugarcane fields were included in the analysis.

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