By Sam Rushing, President, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest When the average citizen thinks in terms of CO2, from a non- industrial gas perspective, often the thought surrounds concepts covering greenhouse gases, and global warming. On the other hand, in the gas field, thinking in terms of my past tenure with a former […]
The most recent ReEnergize episode webinar looked into liquid-liquid extraction strategies and technology for bioproducts and biofuels. As noted in the session, many biotech companies need help developing optimal separation processes for recovery and purification. Adequate experience and pilot testing is critical to optimize the design of the separation systems. Koch Modular Extraction Technology Manager, […]
1. There used to be a lot of excitement around Planet X in days gone by, but it’s nothing like the excitement around Planet Twelve these days, or rather the company known as Twelve. They’ve done something rather unusual for the bioeconomy. 2. For many, the usual script calls for stalling on technology development or […]
The Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment (BOTTLE) consortium is developing new chemical upcycling strategies for today’s plastics and redesigning tomorrow’s plastics to be recyclable-by-design. BOTTLE conducts high-impact research and development to deliver scalable technologies that enable cost-effective recycling, upcycling, and increased energy efficiency for plastics. Under the BOTTLE research […]
The Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment (BOTTLE) consortium is developing new chemical upcycling strategies for today’s plastics and redesigning tomorrow’s plastics to be recyclable-by-design. BOTTLE conducts high-impact research and development to deliver scalable technologies that enable cost-effective recycling, upcycling, and increased energy efficiency for plastics. Under the BOTTLE research […]
Deconstruction is a major effort in the BOTTLE consortium; work spans exploratory catalysis (”fail fast”) to advancing promising approaches towards scale-up. In this BOTTLE project, the team looked at Chemical catalysis for C–C bond cleavage in mixed plastics waste for open-loop recycling and Chemical catalysis for PET and nylon deconstruction and closed loop recycling, while […]
The most recent Digest webinar looked into the promise and progress with renewable methanol as a chemical intermediate and as a renewable fuel. Muhammed Islam of S&B Engineers and Constructors took us through this presentation, which looked at conversion routes, feedstock sources, the role of syngas, applications, levelized costs and available tax credits.
In Florida, The Digest announced the official opening of nominations for the 50 Hottest Companies in the Bioeconomy for 2024-25. Voting Rules Voting will be open to all registered voters, and you can register here. As a courtesy, ABLC delegates are automatically registered as voters. Nominations Hot 50 nominations will begin Tuesday, September 24th 2024 and […]
News arrives from Fiji today, so a hearty Bula to everyone. I first visited the islands in 1974 as a young boy, and have wandered the low hills and the sugarcane fields from time to time, since. This hard-working people are challenged by changijng times, yet good news is in the offing. Fiji Airways, Fiji […]
Paper sludge typically taken to landfills (50%), incinerated (20%) or spread on land as soil enhancement (10%). In total, there’s 8 million wet tonnes (4MT dry) of paper sludge that costs $240 million each year to truck and landfill. In this project , researchers propose to develop a technology for converting the carbohydrates in paper […]
