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AUGUST 26, 2009

Waste Management, Inc. has invested in waste-to-fuel company Terrabon, LLC. Terrabon is the developer of a carboxylic acid fermentation platform licensed from Texas A&M University for the conversion of biomass to fuel intermediates that can then be upgraded into industrial chemicals and renewable gasoline. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 21, 2018

In a paper presented at the 255 th National Meeting of the ACS, the team described an innovative integrated process to convert renewable and recycled carbon into High Octane Low Carbon Gasoline blends. Catalytic conversion of DME to High Octane Low Carbon Gasoline (HOLCG) hydrocarbon blends. Marie-Rose, D.

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JULY 31, 2023

Enough straw, that when converted to biofuel, would power the Bentayga for 1100 miles or provide fuel for all of the Bentleys for the weekend at Goodwood. The biogasoline conforms to the global EN228 standard for gasoline, meaning that it’s a straightforward replacement for normal pump fuel. tonnes of straw.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Strategic Biofuels has selected Johnson Matthey’s (JM’s) Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS technology—co-developed with bp—for its Louisiana Green Fuels project (LGF) in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. million gallons of biofuels per year once in operation.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

a leading waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has completed a C$280-million (US$223 million) investment round—its largest to date. The technology converts non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste into methanol, ethanol and other widely-used chemicals. Canada-based Enerkem Inc., Earlier post.).

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JULY 16, 2013

Topchiev Institute for Petrochemical Synthesis ( TIPS ) on marketing a new technology developed by TIPS to convert flared gases into hydrocarbon fuels such as gasoline. The TIPS catalytic converter delivers considerably better properties than those currently being used in the industry, TNO said. —Kolesnikova et al.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Aemetis, after successfully completing the construction and commencement of an Integrated Demonstration Unit, is now producing cellulosic ethanol from orchard waste, utilizing technologies from Aemetis, LanzaTech and InEnTec. The plant converts waste orchard wood and nutshells from California’s Central Valley into cellulosic ethanol.

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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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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Researchers at the University of California, Davis have developed a process for the production of branched C 7 –C 10 hydrocarbons in the gasoline volatility range from biomass-derived levulinic acid with good yield, operating under relatively mild conditions, with short reaction times. barrels of oil (117.6 gallons US). barrels of oil (117.6

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JANUARY 11, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office has published a report, titled Biofuels and Bioproducts from Wet and Gaseous Waste Streams: Challenges and Opportunities. These feedstocks can be converted into renewable natural gas, diesel, and aviation fuels, or into valuable bioproducts. quadrillion Btu.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The cylinder head, injection system, turbocharger and catalytic converter were modified accordingly for the CNG engine. This is supplemented by the additional range offered by the reserve gasoline tank with a net usable volume of 9 liters (2.4 Audi sources the CO 2 from an adjacent biogas plant that recycles agricultural waste.

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AUGUST 8, 2018

The site will be home to a biorefinery that will use Velocys’ technology to produce low-carbon transportation fuels from the wood wastes of lumber operations and tree plantations. No opposing or negative comments were filed as part of the USDA’s public consultation process.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Battelle researchers have developed a mobile catalytic pyrolysis unit that converts biomass materials such as wood chips or agricultural waste into bio-oil. As currently configured, the Battelle-funded unit converts one ton of pine chips, shavings and sawdust into as much as 1,300 gallons of wet bio-oil per day.

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APRIL 3, 2014

Start-up Enogia and IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) are forming a strategic partnership for the joint development and marketing of a range of Rankine technologies to convert heat into electricity. Created in 2009, Enogia specializes in ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) systems converting waste heat into electricity.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

has entered into a joint development program with the Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks for converting a wide variety of biomass and waste into bio-butanol. Syntec Biofuel Inc. This is concerning, as it uses food resources to produce fuel.

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MAY 27, 2022

IndyCar will make the switch to hybrid gasoline-electric engines with the 2024 race season, joining F1 and IMSA , two race series that already use hybrid systems. This fuel consists of a blend of second-generation ethanol derived from sugarcane waste and other biofuels. Green Motorsports: MotoE Electrifies Motorcycle Racing.

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JULY 5, 2023

These facilities utilize Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology for the conversion of waste and bio-feedstock into renewable diesel. With HydroFlex, customers can convert low-value feedstocks into drop-in renewable jet and diesel that meets all of the globally accepted specifications for these fuels.

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AUGUST 23, 2016

With funding from Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has been working with industry-partner LanzaTech to convert alcohols derived from captured carbon monoxide, a byproduct in the production of steel, into synthetic paraffinic kerosene, a non-fossil-based jet fuel. Earlier post.).

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JULY 13, 2015

It will predominantly be used in gasoline blending, but it can also be further processed into other products such as drop in jet fuel. Today, this waste gas stream is either flared or used to heat and power the steel mill. barrels of gasoline as well as reducing ArcelorMittal’s CO 2 emissions by 2.3 Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

Global Bioenergies is now entering the final phase of demonstrating its technology for converting renewable carbon into hydrocarbons. 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.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2017

The project will use Genifuel hydrothermal processing technology (HTP) to convert wastewater solids into renewable natural gas as well as liquid fuels. HTP uses subcritical water and pressure (350 °C and 207 bar) to convert the wet organics into crude oil and natural gas. Lipids, proteins, and carbs are converted to oil.

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JUNE 13, 2018

By re-using waste streams instead of incinerating them, industrial companies can reduce carbon dioxide emissions. LanzaTech’s patented technology is now being deployed at commercial scale in the steel industry where carbon monoxide from residual gases (off-gases) can be converted into ethanol. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 29, 2011

Researchers from the University of Cambridge (UK) have developed a new high-yield process for recycling waste crankcase oil into gasoline-like fuel based on microwave pyrolysis—i.e., Transforming used motor oil into gasoline can help solve two problems at once. using microwave energy as the heat source.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Cycloalkanes are important components of not only traditional vehicle fuels such as gasoline and diesel, but also jet fuels, such as Jet-A/Jet-A1/JP-8. The processes and resulting products are detailed in a paper published online in the RSC journal Green Chemistry. The US Department of Energy funded the research.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

The INEOS Bio waste-to-ethanol process, originally developed by BRI. Converting household organic wastes into bio-fuel and clean energy can deliver very attractive environmental and social benefits to the North East and the UK as a whole. This is subsequently blended into gasoline. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

Starting from a energy-based powertrain simulation model validated on experimental data from the PHEV, the researchers conducted a first- and second-law analysis to identify the potential for engine waste heat recovery, considering a variety of driving cycles and assuming the vehicle operating in charge-sustaining (HEV) mode.

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MAY 12, 2022

Phillips 66 made a final investment decision Wednesday to move forward with Rodeo Renewed, the project to convert its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, into one of the world’s largest renewable fuels facilities. million cars off California roads each year.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

GHG emissions for ATP shale (low and high cases) and conventional gasoline in grams of CO 2 e per MJ of final fuel delivered. times larger than emissions from conventionally produced gasoline. In each case, the ATP is applied to oil shales of the Green River formation. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge. These emissions are 1.5

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

CoolPlanet BioFuels, a start-up developing technology to convert low-grade biomass into high-grade fuels including gasoline, and carbon that can be sequestered ( earlier post ), claims it has achieved a conversion yield of 4,000 gallons gasoline/acre biomass in pilot testing using giant miscanthus, an advanced bioenergy crop.

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MAY 29, 2011

Researchers at Utah State University report on an engineered bacterial enzyme—a molybdenum (Mo) nitrogenase—capable of converting carbon monoxide into usable hydrocarbons in a reaction similar to Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. A open access paper on their work appears in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. This is pretty profound.

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JULY 20, 2020

A Korean research team has developed a technology that can be used to mass-produce aviation-grade fuels from wood wastes. Large volumes of lignin are generated as waste in the pulping processes that are used to produce paper. Lignin constitutes 20 to 40 percent of lignocellulose. Jeong-Myeong Ha.

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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. Production of Renewable Diesel, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Gasoline, and Marine Fuel from Lignocellulosic Biomass at Dramatically Improved Yield, Efficiency, and Cost”, $2,000,000. Comstock Inc.,

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APRIL 5, 2016

Altex Technologies has selected Unitel to provide engineering services to design and build a pilot system that will produce 1 BPD of synthetic gasoline from biomass (Biomass Conversion to Synthetic Gasoline System, BCSGS). Carbonaceous materials—e.g., lower cost) and gasification/F-T processes (e.g., —US 9199889.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

The company says that some of the most promising projects are the Turbosteamer ( earlier post ); the Thermoelectric generator (TEG) ( earlier post ); engine encapsulation; and a waste heat exchanger for oil heating. —Jürgen Ringler, Team Leader for Thermal Energy Converters at BMW Group Research and Technology. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 15, 2017

European researchers have launched a new project to obtain a gasoline engine at least 20% more efficient than current engines and adapted for future electrified powertrains. The project foresees as well the development of a catalytic converter compatible with lean combustion and the use of hydrogen as a component to reduce NO x emissions.

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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. Tuning the reaction conditions also permits the selective production of methyl cyclopentane, which can be used as high-octane-number gasoline additive.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Terrabon, a company commercializing a waste-to-biogasoline technology developed at Texas A&M, ( earlier post ), has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 7 of the Federal bankruptcy laws. The MixAlco technology converts biomass to bio-gasoline. Terrabon, Inc.

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