BIOMASS 101 IfEnergy

What's biomass? Biomass is plant matter such corn, trees, grasses, crops or other biological material such as animal waste and/or landfill contents. When processed, it can be used as a solid fuel similar to coal, or it may be used as a liquid or a gas fuel source. Depending on the type of biomass and its related chemical properties after refining, at a bio-refinery no less, the product may be [...] Read More


German's Eye new Biomass-To-Liquid Technology IfEnergy

A study funded by the national government of Germany said that the country can viably produce biofuels using second generation Biomass to Liquid Technologies (BTL) that will produce biofuels from straw, grass, tree leaves, wood chips, or other low-grade (low-value) crops, according to this article. The energy ministry believes that Germany has and could sufficiently produce biofuels using the newer BTL technologies. According to Clemens Neumann of the Energy Ministry's [...] Read More


Waste to Fuel IfEnergy

The word "waste" isn't really applicable nowadays. Waste can be used for power generation, as proved by Russian researchers from the N.E. Bauman Moscow State Engineering University. Using bad-quality coal, sawdust, and other low-grade biomass fuels, students who are focusing on non-traditional power engineering are putting these traditionally low-value materials, into high value use. Used for small scale entities such as off-road applications, small power installations such as the one developed [...] Read More


Light Activated, Biomass-Powered Fuel Cell The Biotech Weblog

In the latest issue of the International Journal of Global Energy Issues, researchers report of an experimental device that use sunlight to convert glucose into hydrogen to power the cell, which produces several hundred millivolts. The researchers have built the device with a transparent conductive glass electrode coated with a highly colored molecule that can mimic the natural process of photosynthesis. This molecule is incorporated into light-absorbing titania. The coating can [...] Read More


Louisiana Tech Researchers Seek to Improve Biofuel Processing Nanotechbuzz

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Louisiana Tech researchers are exploring ways of using nanotechnology to improve the cellulosic ethanol processes.
"Louisiana Tech Professors James Palmer, Yuri Lvov, Dale Snow and Hisham Hegab say biofuels will play an important part in sustainable fuel and energy production solutions for the future," according to UPI. "But the professors say the nation's appetite for fuel cannot be satisfied with just traditional crops, such as sugar cane or corn... they [...] Read More