Bio Energy & Bio Fuels – TechConnect Briefs

Catalytic Subcritical Hydropyrolysis of Waste Biomass into Gasoline Range Hydrocarbons

Tungal R., Shende R.V., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, US

Catalytic aqueous phase reforming (CAPR) of the biomass has a great potential for the production of H2 and hydrocarbons. This study reports synthesis of novel nanoscale bifunctional catalytic material and its utilization in CAPR process [...]

Microwave-mediated Pyrolysis of Biomass

Gronnow M.J., Budarin V.L., Fan J., Shuttleworth P.S., MacQuarrie D.J., Clark J.H., Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, UK

Biomass can be seen as the oil well of the future; a renewable, widely distributed resource that should be increasingly exploited for the production of heat and power, liquid fuels as well as chemicals and [...]

A Characteristic Analysis of Bio-ethanol produced on Fruit wastes for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell(DEFC)

Kim H., Lee N., Cha I., Choi J., Center for Organic Agrifood industrialization, KR

This Study is aimed to produce bio-ethanol based on the fruit wastes and optimize the bio-ethanol production for a direct ethanol fuel cell(DEFC). Fruit wastes such as pear, apple, persimmon were used in the conditions [...]

Biomass Power Generation Using Liquid Tin Anode SOFC

Bentley J., Tao T., CellTech Power LLC, US

Currently biomass contributes only 1% of U.S. electric power despite available resources to provide over 20%. Barriers to increased use of biopower include low efficiency of current generators, high capital cost, low fuel energy, feedstock [...]

Advanced Biofuel Cell Composed of Highly Modified Electrodes for Biomedical Applications

Leung S.W., Lai J.C.K., Idaho State University, US

A biofuel cell comprised an anode and cathode modified with highly branched polymers, nano Au sol-gel, and reaction specified bioenzymes was constructed. In this study, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) were the enzymes [...]

Management of citric solid wastes to produce bioethanol

Ottati C., Ares F., Damboriarena A., Lopretti M., LATU, UY

Citrus peel wastes are partly used for cattle feed either fresh or after ensilage or dehydration, but considerable quantity of citrus pulp in the fresh state is lost as a result of the difficulty of [...]

An Effective Way of Anaerobic Digestion of Chicken Manure with Plant Biomass

Zhi Y., Zhou C., Nanjing University of Technology, CN

Author’s Organization: (1) Institute of Joint Bioenergy, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210009;Jiangsu;China; (2) Cascade Clean Energy Inc. 10610 Morengo Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014 With the growth of animal farms around the world, animal manure [...]

Innovative Process for Continuous Esterification of Cottonseed Oil for Synthesis of Biodiesel

Wankhade P.R., Shinde G.B., Sapkal R.S., Sapkal V.S., Sapkal R.S., Sapkal V.S., SVIT, Nashik, IN

Due to the predicted shortness of conventional fuels and environmental concerns, a search for alternative fuels has gained recent significant attention. Biodiesel is well known as the replacement for the traditional mineral diesel fuel . [...]

Improvement of Biogas Production from Animal Manure via Bacteria Enrichment using CASCADE Technology

Zhi Y., Zhou C., Cascade Clean Energy, Inc., US

Computer Modeling: We applied a machine learning system – Computer Assisted Strain Construction and Development Engineering, or CASCADE for short, to a collection of organisms and found correlations and predictive patterns between the organisms’ genetic [...]

Biogas Production from Co-Digestion of Horse Manure and Waste Sewage Sluge

Agayev E., Ugurlu A., Hacettepe University, TR

Biogas yield of horse manure was evaluated in batch and continous digesters. Studies were carried out in three stages. The biogas yields of horse manure in the batch studies after 35 days of the digestion [...]

Replacing Crude Oil by Renewable Sugar through a Cell-free Synthetic Biology Technology

Percival Zhang Y-H., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, US

“What will replace oil and when” is one of the central questions for the coming sustainability revolution. Since approximately 70% of crude oil is used for the transportation sector in the USA, this question would [...]

Beta-glucosidase immobilization on synthetic superparamagnetic magnetite nanoparticles and their application in saccharification of wheat straw and Eucalyptus globulus pulps

Valenzuela R., Castro J.F., Parra M.C., Baeza J., Free J., Biotechnology Center, University of Concepcion, CL

Beta-glucosidase from T. reesei was successfully immobilized on synthetic superparamagnetic magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 10 nm, silanized and amino-functionalized with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (3-APTS). When silanized and coated the saturation magnetization decreased from [...]

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