Tag: butanol

Researchers better understand butanol toxicity

Researchers better understand butanol toxicity

March 4, 2025 |

In Ohio, one limitation of producing biofuel is that the alcohol created by fermentation is toxic to the microbes that produce it. Now scientists are closer to overcoming this obstacle. Researchers from the University of Cincinnati and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have achieved a breakthrough in understanding the vulnerability of […]

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Oklahoma State University researchers refine co-fermentation process for butanol

Oklahoma State University researchers refine co-fermentation process for butanol

September 2, 2024 |

In Oklahoma, researchers in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Oklahoma State University continue to refine a co-fermentation process resulting in the production of butanol, a biofuel made from renewable resources that can be converted into jet fuel.   OSU received a patent in November 2021 for a co-fermentation process, developed by Dr. […]

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