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New method converts carbon dioxide to methane at low temperatures
Feb 28, 2020 (SPX)
The conversion of carbon dioxide to valuable chemicals such as methane has drawn great attention for use in supporting carbon capture and utilization. Especiall...
Novel photocatalytic method converts biopolyols and sugars into methanol and syngas
Feb 28, 2020 (SPX)
Methanol is considered to be the most promising clean liquid fuel for the future and one that can be deployed on a large scale. In addition, it's a fundamental ...
Using open-source software to analyze economics of biofuels, bioproducts
Feb 24, 2020 (SPX)
BioSTEAM, a new open-source simulation software package in Python developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, gives scientists, ...
Protein-powered device generates electricity from moisture in the air
Feb 17, 2020 (UPI)
The so-called Air-gen technology links electrodes with electrically conductive protein nanowires synthesized by the microbe Geobacter sulfurreducens. The unique...
Catalyst recycles greenhouse gases into hydrogen gas, fuel, other chemicals
Feb 17, 2020 (UPI)
Researchers and policy makers continue to hold out hope that hydrogen fuel, which doesn't emit CO2, can replace traditional fuels. Engineers have already create...
From petroleum to wood in the chemical industry: cost-efficient and more sustainable
Feb 14, 2020 (SPX)
Our plastics, cleaning agents and building materials are usually made from chemical components derived from petroleum, rather than from renewable materials. Pet...
Drilling a 3,000 meters deep well
Feb 11, 2020 (SPX)
Reaching the most powerful sources of available energy means drilling deep into the layers of the earth's crust to find geothermal fluids with high energy conte...
Water-conducting membrane allows carbon dioxide to transform into fuel more efficiently
Feb 07, 2020 (SPX)
Converting CO2 to methanol is one way to put CO2 to good use. In research published in Science, chemical engineers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute demonst...
Vast amounts of valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in world's fast-rising wastewater streams
Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)
Today, some 380 billion cubic meters (m3 = 1000 litres) of wastewater are produced annually worldwide - 5 times the amount of water passing over Niagara Falls a...
UCF researchers work on project to develop cleaner-burning, renewable fuels
Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)
That's why University of Central Florida researchers are working to narrow the field of potential biofuels as part of a Department of Energy initiative, known a...
New way of recycling plant-based plastics instead of letting them rot in landfill
Jan 30, 2020 (SPX)
Around 45% of plastic waste is recycled annually in the UK and is on the increase. However one of the problems with current plastic recycling methods is that yo...
Ecofriendly catalyst for converting methane into useful gases using light instead of heat
Jan 28, 2020 (SPX)
This DRM reaction is termed "uphill" because it requires the consumption of external energy; thermal reactors have to be at a high temperature of more than 800 ...
Principles for a green chemistry future
Jan 27, 2020 (SPX)
The issue includes a paper, "Designing for a Green Chemistry Future," that illustrates a clear view into that future. The paper is authored by a Yale-led resear...
Acetone plus light creates a green jet fuel additive
Jan 24, 2020 (SPX)
"This process allows us to transform a natural product into a fuel additive, improving the performance of petroleum-based jet fuel," said Courtney Ford Ryan, a ...
Commercial operations achieved at two UK Wheelabrator Technologies waste-to-energy facilities
Jan 23, 2020 (SPX)
Combined, Wheelabrator Parc Adfer and FM2 will process up to 964,000 tons per year (875,000 tonnes) of residual waste. Together, they will utilize waste as a fu...
How to make it easier to turn plant waste into biofuels
Jan 15, 2020 (SPX)
Their approach, featuring an ammonia-salt based solvent that rapidly turns plant fibers into sugars needed to make ethanol, works well at close to room temperat...
Microwaving sewage waste may make it safe to use as fertilizer on crops
Jan 15, 2020 (The Conversation)
I'm an environmental engineer and an expert in wastewater treatment. My colleagues and I have figured out how to treat these biosolids and remove heavy metals s...
EU project RES URBIS shows the viability of bioplastic generation with urban biowaste
Jan 14, 2020 (SPX)
The European project RES URBIS (Resources from Urban Bio-waste), showed that different biowaste produced in an urban environment can be treated within the same ...
From a by-product of the biodiesel industry to a valuable chemical
Jan 13, 2020 (SPX)
Hydrogen (H2) is a very attractive candidate as a replacement of fossil fuels because it can be produced from water (H2O) through hydrolysis, the splitting of w...
Low-temp photocatalyst could slash the carbon footprint for syngas
Jan 13, 2020 (SPX)
The particle, tiny spheres of copper dotted with single atoms of ruthenium, is the key component in a green process for making syngas, or synthesis gas, valuabl...
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