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UW Madison chemists discover new way to harness energy from ammonia

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A research team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has identified a new way to convert ammonia to nitrogen gas through a process that could be a step toward ammonia replacing carbon-based fuels. Ammonia has been burned as a fuel source for many years. However, burning ammonia releases toxic nitrogen oxide gases.

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Wisconsin Researchers Devise Process to Convert Biomass Intermediate Product into Drop-in Transportation Fuels Without Use of External Hydrogen or Precious Metal Catalysts

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, led by Dr. James Dumesic, have developed a process to convert aqueous solutions of ?-valerolactone Additionally, the yield of high molecular weight alkenes from GVL would benefit from the development of water-tolerant oligomerization catalysts. Credit: Bond et al., Click to enlarge.

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NIST Characterizes -valerolactone Blends in Gasoline and Diesel

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Unlike ethanol, GVL will not form an azeotrope with water, thus eliminating the need for azeotropic distillation or molecular sieve methods in the final purification steps. Conversely to the effect on diesel fuel, the additive shifts the distillation curve of gasoline to higher temperatures. —Bruno et al.

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Researchers use PEM fuel cell reactor to convert biomass-derived acetone into isopropanol; new biomass to fuels pathway

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A team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology of South Korea has demonstrated the feasibility of using proton-exchange-membrane (PEM) reactors electrocatalytically to reduce biomass-derived oxygenates into renewable fuels and chemicals.

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UW-Madison Team Shows Good Yield of Renewable Diesel and Jet Hydrocarbons from Processing of Biomass-Derived GVL

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have demonstrated that it is possible to achieve good yields of renewable hydrocarbons in the molecular weight range suitable for jet and diesel fuel applications through the processing of C 9 alkenes produced from biomass-derived ? Source: Alonso et al. Click to enlarge. valerolactone (GVL).

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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

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64 to ‘fill up’ monthly Removing gasoline expenses is an excellent method to recover lost spending power during a recession, and driving an EV for five years will save you $8,939 on fuel expenditures. The cost of gas over the first 5 years of the car @ $3.58/gal gal would be $12,785.

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USDA and DOE select 13 biofuels projects for more than $41M in awards

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Five projects newly selected will help to replace the need for gasoline and diesel in vehicles. University of Wisconsin ($7 million). The cost-shared projects include: Quad County Corn Cooperative ($4.25 This project will utilize dairy manure as a source of fiber and fertilizer. 1,496,000.

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