A team of researchers headed by an environmental engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a new techniques to produce butanol, a biofuel superior to ethanol.
It can be derived from lignocellulosic materials, which are plant biomass parts that range from woody stems and straw to agricultural residues, corn fiber and husks, all containing in large part cellulose and some lignin.
Butanol is considered to be a better biofuel than ethanol because it's less corrosive and has a higher caloric value, giving it a higher energy value.
The lignocellulosic biomass is placed into digesters comprised of a selected mixed culture of thousands of different microbes to convert the biomass into butyrate.
From there, the material is sent back to Peoria where another collaborator converts the butyrate to butanol using fermenters.
This seems to remind me of MIT's approach, that uses GM e.coli to produce the butanol. i would be interested in the patent position around the microorganisms.
Posted by: Biofuelsimon | January 24, 2008 at 09:06 AM
The question is, is it better than BTL gasoline?
Posted by: Cyril R. | January 24, 2008 at 12:14 PM
More complete combustion is also a renewable energy. That's exactly the life cycle and is the concept of energy that is friendly to nature also other living beings
Posted by: kerja keras adalah energi kita | January 03, 2010 at 07:38 AM
丰胸
Posted by: 丰胸 | May 18, 2010 at 10:59 AM
This is definitely the future for liquid fuel,The greener the better for me.
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Posted by: tenis nike shox | September 28, 2011 at 02:19 PM
I am not familiar with Washington U, do they do a lot of research like this there?
Posted by: Car Lease Los Angeles | November 30, 2011 at 08:34 PM
New path to butanol would be great!
Posted by: SEO Services | December 02, 2011 at 07:31 PM
If butanol is better than ethanol then we should definitely focus on making more of it.
Posted by: Air Purifier | December 02, 2011 at 07:49 PM
Is this the method that is currently most popular to produce butanol?
Posted by: Dentist West LA | December 05, 2011 at 04:38 PM
How is this a different procedure than what is already being used?
Posted by: backup camera | December 05, 2011 at 04:50 PM
So they have to send it to St. Louis and then to Peoria? That seems a big of a hassle.
Posted by: Rug Cleaning Los Angeles | December 05, 2011 at 05:14 PM
The new President will have to embrace this exact plan if the United States is to avoid economic catastrophe.
Posted by: Office 2010 | January 08, 2012 at 09:13 PM