Category: Research

NREL bioengineering process makes biobased flocculants for commercial use possible

March 27, 2022 | admin

In Colorado, new patented technology from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory makes it possible to produce flocculants from biomass, providing an environmentally sustainable and cost-competitive alternative to chemicals currently made from petroleum. Mars Materials was granted an option for an exclusive license to use NREL’s renewable acrylonitrile technology in producing bio-based […]

University of Cambridge researchers turn CO2 into fuels without any waste

March 24, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In the UK, researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed an efficient concept to turn carbon dioxide into clean, sustainable fuels, without any unwanted by-products or waste. Their latest research has improved fuel production efficiency by 18 times in a laboratory setting, demonstrating that polluting carbon emissions can be turned into green fuels efficiently […]

University of Colorado Boulder researchers develop better tool for CCSU

March 23, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Colorado, University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed a new tool that could lead to more efficient and cheaper technologies for capturing heat-trapping gases from the atmosphere and converting them into beneficial substances, like fuel or building materials. Such carbon capture technology may be needed at scale in order to limit global warning this […]

Fraunhofer UMSICHT extracts methanol from steel mill gases and hydrogen

March 22, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Germany, Fraunhofer UMSICHT is working on the extraction of methanol from steel mill gases and sustainably produced hydrogen in the Carbon2Chem project. The researchers are already successfully operating a demonstration-scale plant on the institute’s premises in Oberhausen. In the next step, tests under real conditions are planned at a steel mill in Duisburg. Researchers […]

Michigan State researchers show how switchgrass can mitigate climate change effects

March 21, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Michigan, newly published Michigan State University research details how switchgrass can mitigate effects of climate change when grown on marginal land — agricultural land of little value. For farmers, it may also provide economic returns in these otherwise unproductive spaces. Lignocellulosic biofuels, which are made from plant biomass, are one of the only current […]

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March 21, 2022 | Jim Lane

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Artificial Intelligence tech to set world record for producing algae for biofuel

March 20, 2022 | admin

In Texas, Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists are using artificial intelligence to set a new world record for producing algae as a reliable, economic source for biofuel that can be used as an alternative fuel source for jet aircraft and other transportation needs. Joshua Yuan, AgriLife Research scientist, professor and chair of Synthetic Biology and […]

Argonne researchers using capacitive deionization for battery recycling and bioenergy production

March 17, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Illinois, when a car battery reaches the end of its life, it goes to an automotive shredder that chops it up. Getting out the useful chemicals from these chopped up batteries is no easy task. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have turned to a process called capacitive deionization […]

Chinese researchers develop copper, gold and silver catalyst for carbon capture and use

March 16, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In China, chemists have developed a nano-scale structure that combines copper, gold and silver to work as a superior catalyst in a chemical reaction whose improved performance will be essential if carbon capture and utilization efforts are to succeed in helping to mitigate global warming. One possible means of carbon-capture-and-utilization is via a chemical reaction […]

Mexican researchers convert wild castor seeds into biodiesel

March 15, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Mexico, the seeds of the wild castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, can be converted into biodiesel according to a new study in the International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology. The Mexican research team shows how the requisite transesterification reaction of oil from the seeds using methanol in the presence of sodium hydroxide […]

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