Diesel biodiesel, or simply “biodiesel,” refers to vegetable oil, or animal fat-based, diesel fuel consisting of long-chain alkyl (methyl, ethyl, or propyl) esters. Biodiesel is typically made by chemically reacting lipids (e.g., vegetable oil, soybean…
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What’s New and Important About C5 and C6 Sugars?
What’s up with C5 and C6 sugars? Given that a significant portion of the several billion dollars spent on renewable fuels spending involves these molecules, it is not surprising that progress is fast and furious….
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Biomass & Non Recyclable Plastics to Liquid Fuels
This is a PowerPoint by former Lee Enterprises Expert, Dr. Lorenz Bauer (dec’d), about creating liquid fuels from biomass and non-recyclable plastics. It discussed overflowing the world’s overflowing landfills, plastics in the ocean, and how…
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