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JULY 17, 2011

A study by a team from the State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum found that fluid thermal processing of. il sands is a feasible process for the production of an upgraded bitumen-derived liquid from Inner Mongolian oil sand. Oil sands exploration in Xing’an region.

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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. Liquids production EPICC. Conversion to work via.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

will supplement the current supply of first-generation biofuels (based on sugar, starch and vegetable oils). This flexibility enables continuity of supply for future industrial plants while at the same time reducing production costs. The use of lignocellulosic biomass (wood, straw, plant residues, etc.)

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Researchers at TU Delft (The Netherlands) and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain) have developed a new concept to increase the efficiency of the catalytic cracking of unsaturated vegetable oil to greatly increase the production of gasoline and light olefins (propene and butenes). Biofuels pathways.

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MARCH 18, 2012

Bitumen production from the Canadian oil sands provides a point of reference that could be used to observe and better manage the land and water impacts of a rapid transition to unconventional fuels, suggests Dr. Sarah Jordaan of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

In working to elucidate the chemistry of hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) for the catalytic upgrading of pyrolytic bio-oil to fuel-grade products, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have discovered that water in the conversion process helps form an impurity which, in turn, slows down key chemical reactions.

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

The combination of plasma and catalyst in this process shows great potential for manipulating the distribution of liquid chemical products in a given process, they concluded. Instead of using H 2 , direct conversion of CO 2 with CH 4 (dry reforming of methane, DRM) to liquid fuels and chemicals (e.g.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

Lamborghini unveiled the Lanzador electric concept at Monterey Car Week—a vision of a future purely-electric fourth series production Lamborghini. The Lanzador is a preview of the production vehicle that Lamborghini will present in 2028. With the fourth model concept, we are opening a new car segment: the Ultra GT.

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MARCH 16, 2011

The NextGen line of oils, with 50% recycled oil, will include conventional, synthetic blend and high mileage offerings. Valvoline, a leading independent marketer of motor oil, has introduced its NextGen line of motor oils, featuring the inclusion of 50% recycled base oil. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 6, 2015

Researchers at Lund University (Sweden) have developed an optimized two-phase enzymatic (lipase) system for the conversion of plant oils to biodiesel. Applied to the solvent-free ethanolysis of rapeseed oil, the system delivered a yield of 96% under mild conditions. Most lipases have a lid covering the lipophilic active site.

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AUGUST 7, 2021

Fincantieri and Enel Green Power Italia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to define an integrated solution for the production, supply, management and use of green hydrogen for port areas and long-range maritime transport.

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APRIL 17, 2018

The targeted C 12 iso-paraffin molecules are the same as those present in conventional jet fuel. The product was obtained through oligomerization and hydrogenation of bio-isobutene. Both the pure product as well as a blend with fossil-based kerosene will be evaluated.

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MAY 10, 2024

Leveraging biomass presents a potential avenue to contribute to the global objective of achieving a carbon-neutral human society. Lignocellulosic biomass, a renewable and abundant resource, holds great promise for sustainable production of valuable chemicals and fuels, currently derived mainly from oil.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Axial Vector Energy Corporation (AVEC) and Kirloskar Oil Engines (KOEL) have signed a binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a joint venture for the mass production of the Axial Vector axial-type, multi-fuel engines ( earlier post ). Rahul Kirloskar, Director, Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited. Source: AVEC. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 26, 2010

Peter Edwards, provide an overview of progress in the area of the conversion of carbon dioxide to synthetic transportation fuels (Carbon Capture and Conversion, CCC), its potential, and barriers to future progress. Our hope is that this present summary helps to catalyse such a worthwhile development. Jiang et al. Jiang et al.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

An alternative method is its primary conversion into bio-oil by fast pyrolysis. Hydrogen produced from bio-oil provides a new route for use of bio-oil. Studies on steam reforming of bio-oil or bio-oil model component showed promising results. Bio-oil was reformed in a fixed-bed reactor.

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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 presentation (2008).

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Japan-based leading classification society ClassNK has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to a new H 2 /CO 2 FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) design developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Chiyoda Corporation.

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JUNE 3, 2011

GD = HVO; RSO = Rapeseed Oil; SBO = Soybean oil; Biodiesel = Transesterified lipids. To expand biofuel production and use, they found that the next preferable feedstock is likely residual woody biomass for BTL. Fuel yield and energy efficiency is low in BTL production. Sunde et al. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 23, 2009

Consumptive freshwater use for ethanol and petroleum gasoline production. The production of both bio and petroleum feedstocks and fuels requires substantial water input. In many cases, the Argonne team noted, crude oil production is increasingly water dependent. Data: Wu, ANL/ESD/09-1. Click to enlarge. ANL/ESD/09-1.

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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. The products can be tuned to change with different market conditions.

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

The first trials on the demo plant in Leuna were successfully completed, within schedule, in the fall of 2016 and Global Bioenergies announced first production of green isobutene via fermentation. In the fuel sector, it is presently used to manufacture isooctane, ETBE and MTBE which are valuable compounds used in gasoline mixes.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

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. At present, biodiesel is produced by the transesterification of mainly plant-derived oils. Earlier post.) CMF % of total. organic extract.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

The products in red would be produced by synthetic biocatalysts, while those in black—ethanol, acetic acid, and 2,3 BDO—can be produced by the LanzaTech native microorganisms. Accordingly, LanzaTech has begun look at the industrial conversion of acetic acid/acetate to lipids, and has demonstrated this. Source: LanzaTech.

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JUNE 19, 2011

NABC’s primary objective is to develop to a near pilot-ready state one or more advanced biofuel conversion pathways to produce drop-in biofuels that will be economically competitive with current petroleum-based fuels. The team has begun host strain engineering to combine C 5 sugar utilization with Amyris farnesene production.

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JULY 5, 2011

The conventional production of biodiesel relies on a transesterification reaction, catalyzed in either an acidic or preferably a basic medium, between a vegetable oil (90%) and an alcohol (10%). A saponification side reaction (methyl ester conversion into the corresponding acid salt) reduces methyl ester yield. Sanchez, F.

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APRIL 23, 2013

While the technology still faces many significant commercialization challenges, the resulting drop-in fuel is almost identical to conventional diesel fuel and so does not need to be blended with petroleum products as is often required by biodiesels derived from plant oils. Using this strategy, E. —Howard et al.

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

Both the chemically-produced and biotech-produced products can be converted to methyl methacrylate (MMA). In addition to 2-HIBA for the plastics industry, other products could include their derivatives for the cosmetics industry, or C 4 alcohols for the paints and varnishes industry. Waste gas is one example of a source of syngas.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

This development could mean reducing enzyme costs from about $1 per gallon of ethanol to about 10 cents or less, with an overall reduction in the cost of the production of cellulosic biofuels of 30% or more. Subsequently, nearly pure lignin product can be precipitated by the evaporation of volatile THF for recovery and recycling.

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MAY 14, 2020

In February 2020, ASTM International approved and published the sixth annex to D7566, establishing criteria for the production and use of catalytic hydrothermolysis jet fuel (CHJ), a type of synthetic kerosene. Process/Product Description: The process uses modified yeasts to ferment sugars into a hydrocarbon molecule. Earlier post.).

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MAY 4, 2019

The FOA topics will advance DOE’s Bioenergy Technology Office’s (BETO) objectives to reduce the price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. Corn stover and pine forest residues were selected as they are the target (“proof of concept”) feedstocks.

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JULY 20, 2014

The Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) anticipates two awards being made: the first for $7 million in the area of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and fossil-fuel-based Clean Energy Systems (CES); the second for $2 million in the area of international oil and natural gas. International Oil and Natural Gas.

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JULY 26, 2016

The combination of Schlumberger’s reservoir knowledge, wellbore technologies and production management capabilities, with Golar’s low cost FLNG (Floating LNG) solution, will offer gas resource owners a faster and lower cost development thereby increasing the net present value of the resources.

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OCTOBER 3, 2009

A new study released by Global Forest Watch Canada finds that significant amounts of greenhouse gases are emitted through the disturbance and/or removal of biocarbon (trees, shrubs, peats), which overlay Alberta’s oil sands. megatonnes of CO 2 will substantially raise the normally-reported emissions from the oils sands industry activities.

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JUNE 10, 2012

Researchers in Spain have obtained high-quality transportation fuels (gasoline with RON >80 and diesel with cetane number >70) from oil obtained by the thermal cracking of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) using a bifunctional catalyst comprising Ni (7 wt %) deposited on a hierarchical Beta zeolite (Ni/h-Beta). —Escola et al. Resources.

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JUNE 2, 2013

Project Volt Gas Volt is based on a long-term financing plan and the use of existing technologies for the large-scale conversion of surplus renewable electricity to methane, with subsequent reuse. If this potential production supplied the Volt Gas Volt plants, the nuclear plants could operate at nearly 100% capacity. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

GTI’s IH 2 technology is an advanced pyrolysis technology which utilizes low pressure hydrogen together with a proprietary catalyst to remove virtually all of the oxygen present in the starting biomass. High-quality renewable gasoline and diesel products are produced. Fast Pyrolysis Oil IH 2 product. Source: GTI.

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