
Levulinic Acid from Cow Dung

Oldest Biorefineries used for Pretreatment of Lignocellulose: The Cows
Related tags: Lignocellulose, Bio-renewable Chemicals, Biofuels, Pretreatment, Biomass
Oldest Biorefineries used for Pretreatment of Lignocellulose: The Cows
At the ARS Bioenergy Research Unit in Peoria, Illinois, chemical engineer Nasib Qureshi observes and controls a fermentor in which butanol is produced from corn stover and recovered simultaneously with a vacuum.
Butanol is the go-to industrial solvent for products such as lacquers and enamels, but it might also play a substantial role in the production of renewable fuels. Gallon for gallon, it has 30 percent more energy than ethanol and only around 4 percent less energy than a gallon of petroleum-based gasoline.
Carbon-Carbon coupling reactions of furan and furfural (liquid transportation fuels)
Abstract: Upgrading of furan and small oxygenates obtained from the decomposition of cellulosic materials via formation of carbon-carbon bonds is critical to effective conversion of biomass to liquid transportation fuels. (more…)
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