Papers:
Interaction of Light, Geothermal Water and Nutrients on Biomass Production of Chlorella sorokiniana Microalgae (CS-101)
Little, if any, published data exist on growing algae in geothermal water. Geothermal water is a source of water rich in nutrient content and can be used for biofuel production. In this study geothermal water [...]
Innovative Technology for Algae Dewatering
This paper describes a novel technology for dewatering of algae for biofuel production and other applications. This hydrodynamic separation (HDS) technology uses customized fluid flow patterns in a curved channel to focus suspended particles into [...]
Use of Bio-Diesel as an Alternative Fuel and its Effects on Environment
First Law of Thermodynamics states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed but can be changed from one form to another. Stored internal energy of fuels can be released chemically during combustion for doing [...]
Low-cost, concentrated sugar production from lignocellulosic feedstocks
In the last few years, sugar is emerged as the main feedstock to derive several potential biofuels and chemicals. Most of these chemicals can be used to replace petrochemical fuels. The cost availability of these [...]
Sweet Sorghum Biorefinery for Production of Fuel Ethanol and Value-added Co-products
A biorefinery has been developed where all carbohydrate components of sweet sorghum are used as feedstocks. First, the juice is extracted from the stalks. The resulted straw then is pretreated using the soaking in aqueous [...]
Waste Flue Gas CO to Innovative Biofuel Production
LanzaTech has developed a novel gas fermentation technology that can economically convert carbon monoxide containing gas with any amount of hydrogen to fuel and chemical products. The technology can process gas streams from industrial sources, [...]
Clean Production of Bioplastic and Bio-oil from Solar Energy and Carbon Dioxide
Producing fuels and materials from solar energy and CO2 is a clean sustainable solution to the arising fossil energy consumption and CO2 emission. This paper presents a high intensity process that can run continuously at [...]
Development of One-Step Jet Fuel Blend using Solid Acid Catalysts
In this work we will discuss the conversion of various feedstocks such as vegetable oil/algae oil/coffee oil/crude biodiesel to JP8 fuel using solid acid and bi-functional catalysts. The developed catalyst performs deoxygenation, cracking and isomerization [...]
Integrated Photocatalytic and Microbial Degradation of Kraft Lignin
Shende A., Shende R.V., Hussein M., Bhosale R., Harder-Heinz D., Shende A., Shende R.V., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, US
Kraft lignin (KL), a waste product of paper and pulp industry is recalcitrant to biochemical degradation. In our attempt to overcome KL recalcitrance, we coupled photoreforming of Kraft lignin (KL) with microbial degradation. It is [...]
Starbons® – A New Family of Bio-based Mesoporous Materials Derived from Polysaccharides
Starches from a wide variety of sources and locations can be physically expanded giving high surface areas and mesoporosity. Heating these materials leads to a family of “Starbons” with tunable surface properties depending upon activation [...]
The New OPEC
Society faces the twin challenges of resource depletion and waste accumulation, increasing concerns to governments leading to increasing taxes for waste disposal restrictive legislation. Research in the area of renewable feedstock is of great importance [...]
Bio-oil blend: next generation heating oil
Pyrolysis experiments are carried out in Auger pyrolysis unit located in AST. Bio-oil produced in our pilot plant are blended with commercial heating oil and/or with biodiesel. Biodiesel are available by AST’s 1mGal/yr biodiesel pilot [...]
Journal: TechConnect Briefs
Volume: Technical Proceedings of the 2012 Clean Technology Conference and Trade Show
Published: June 18, 2012
Industry sectors: Advanced Materials & Manufacturing | Energy & Sustainability
Topic: Biofuels & Bioproducts
ISBN: 978-1-4665-6277-6