Saturday, January 31, 2009

A New Process to Cut Cost of Cellulosic Ethanol

Researchers at Michigan State University have patented a process for pretreating corn crop waste that they say will cut the cost of making cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels. Read

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Ethanol Pretreatment Process in Cost Effective

Ethanol now comes from corn kernels. Zhang's cost-effective pretreatment process that integrates three technologies - cellulose solvent pretreatment, concentrated acid saccharification, and organosolv, and overcomes the limitations of existing processes. Zhang uses a strong cellulose solvent instead of highly corrosive chemicals, high pressure, and high temperature to breakup the linkages among lignin, hemicellulose, and cellulose. Read

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