Feces-Derived Biogas That Is. Software giant looks to power its data center with feces Microsoft Corp.
(MSFT) has paired with FuelCell Energy, Inc. Running a small engine on household biogas using "brickage' for gas pressure 2. Top-class biofuel from the depths of the forest. Logging waste from the forrest.
(Photo: Kjersti Holt Hanssen, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute) We have all seen it when we walk in the forest after the lumberjacks have been there. When the logging machinery moves on, what it usually leaves behind are piles of branches and tops. Norway possesses major unexploited energy resources in the form of these branches and tops – known in their Norwegian acronym as GROT. Human waste power plant goes online in the UK. The new biogas plant, sited next to the Didcot sewage works in Oxfordshire, has been officially opened by Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne Image Gallery (3 images) The biomethane project that turns human waste into green gas that we featured in May has now gone live.
The project is now converting the treated sewage of 14 million Thames Water customers into clean, green gas and is pumping that gas into people's homes. The new biogas plant – sited next to the Didcot sewage works in Oxfordshire – has been officially opened by Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne, who said: "It's not every day that a Secretary of State can announce that, for the first time ever in the UK, people can cook and heat their homes with gas generated from sewage. Biofuel. A biofuel is a fuel that contains energy from geologically recent carbon fixation.
These fuels are produced from living organisms. Examples of this carbon fixation occur in plants and microalgae. These fuels are made by a biomass conversion (biomass refers to recently living organisms, most often referring to plants or plant-derived materials). This biomass can be converted to convenient energy containing substances in three different ways: thermal conversion, chemical conversion, and biochemical conversion. Session: Developments In Biobased Alternative Fuels I (2011 Annual Meeting) This preliminary program is subject to change.
Description: Papers are sought that address research and development toward the sustainable use of bio-based alternative fuels such as ethanol, biodiesel and renewable hydrocarbon fuels and blendstocks derived from biomass. Topics covered may include, but are not limited to: (1) R&D devoted to the development of innovative processes for the production of biofuels from biomass; (2) The application of core chemical engineering principles to pilot- or larger-scale biobased alternative fuels production; and (3) Production of other biobased alternative fuels such as microbial hydrogen production, etc. Sponsor: Sustainable Biorefineries. Food versus Fuel: Native Plants Make Better Ethanol. A mix of perennial grasses and herbs might offer the best chance for the U.S. to produce a sustainable biofuel, according to the results of a new study.
But making that dream a reality could harm local environments and would require developing new technology to harvest, process and convert such plant material into biofuels such as ethanol. Biofuels have become controversial for their impact on food production. The ethanol used in the U.S. is currently brewed from the starch in corn kernels, which has brought ethanol producers (and government ethanol mandates) into conflict with other uses for corn, such as food or animal feed. Open Source Biodiesel Tutorial. Biofuel breakthrough: Quick cook method turns algae into oil. ANN ARBOR—It looks like Mother Nature was wasting her time with a multimillion-year process to produce crude oil.
Michigan Engineering researchers can "pressure-cook" algae for as little as a minute and transform an unprecedented 65 percent of the green slime into biocrude. "We're trying to mimic the process in nature that forms crude oil with marine organisms," said Phil Savage, an Arthur F. Thurnau professor and a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Michigan. The findings will be presented Nov. 1 at the 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh.
Greenwater Global Home. BioEnergy Summer School. Bacteria churn out first ever petrol-like biofuel - environment - 24 April 2013. Methane Biodigester How To. New Method of Turning Sewage Sludge into Biodiesel is Low-Cost, High-Yield. © ACSI have a love/hate affair with biofuels and biodiesel, because while they may be cleaner than petro-fuels, and considered a renewable resource, growing the feedstock usually entails a lot of land and a lot of water, both of which are limited resources.
But if a new process for making biodiesel from sewage sludge gets commercialized, every flush of the toilet could be helping to fuel some of our energy needs. A team of researchers in South Korea have developed a new process for converting the lipids in sewage sludge into biodiesel, at not only a lower cost than conventional biodiesel, but with much higher yields.
Biofuels offer sorghum new growth hopes. GRAIN SA expected the development this year of South Africa’s first major bio-ethanol production facility to use sorghum would help reverse the fortunes of a declining agricultural sector, its CEO, Jannie de Villiers, said recently.
The agricultural sector has been pushing the government to finalise the regulatory framework enabling independent players to get into the generation of energy, including electricity and biofuels. People in agriculture believe small-scale farmers would benefit because of the potential for off-take contracts that would guarantee them steady income and encourage them to grow feedstock. Gasifier Experimenters Kit. How to Make Biodiesel at Home With Supermarket-Procurable Substances. First of all, you should be working in a highly ventilated area just because you’ll be using methanol, a highly-flammable substance in a mix with lye (potassium hydroxide).
For turning one liter of vegetable oil into a proper biodiesel fuel, you need 250 milliliters of methanol (which can be found in fuel line additives) and 4 grams of drain cleaner (lye) – Mr. Muscolo, Red Devil and the such. BIOMAP. The European Commission, Airbus, and high-level representatives of the Aviation and Biofuel producers industries, launched the European Advanced Biofuels Flightpath.
This action is scheduled to achieve 2 million tons of sustainable biofuels used in the EU civil aviation sector by the year 2020. The parties agreed to make all best efforts to support the activities described in the Flight path, for reaching the objectives. It was agreed to enhance their co-operation in the areas mentioned in the Flight path, each in the respective sphere of their competence and within the limits of their overall resources and possibilities, and applicable rules and regulations.
New biofuel process dramatically improves energy recovery. EAST LANSING, Mich. — A new biofuel production process created by Michigan State University researchers produces 20 times more energy than existing methods. The results, published in the current issue of Environmental Science and Technology, showcase a novel way to use microbes to produce biofuel and hydrogen, all while consuming agricultural wastes. Gemma Reguera, MSU microbiologist, has developed bioelectrochemical systems known as microbial electrolysis cells, or MECs, using bacteria to breakdown and ferment agricultural waste into ethanol.
Reguera’s platform is unique because it employs a second bacterium, which, when added to the mix, removes all the waste fermentation byproducts or nonethanol materials while generating electricity. Similar microbial fuel cells have been investigated before. However, maximum energy recoveries from corn stover, a common feedstock for biofuels, hover around 3.5 percent. Biofuels emit 400 percent more CO2. (NaturalNews) A recent report issued by the European Union has revealed that biofuels, or fuel made from living, renewable sources, is not really all that beneficial to the environment. Rather than reduce the net carbon footprint as intended, biofuels can produce four times more carbon dioxide pollution than conventional fossil fuels do.
Common biofuels like corn ethanol, which has become a popular additive in gasoline, and soy biodiesel, which is being used in commercial trucks and other diesel-fueled vehicles, are often considered to be environmentally-friendly because they are renewable. But in order to grow enough of these crops to use for both food and fuel, large swaths of land around the world are being converted into crop fields for growing biofuels. Permaculture & Alcohol Can Be A Gas. Farmers’ Motivations for Adoption of Switchgrass. Index | Search | Home | Table of Contents Hipple, P.C. and M.D. Duffy. 2002.Farmers' motivations for adoption of switchgrass. p. 252–266. In: J. Janick and A. Whipkey (eds.), Trends in new crops and new uses. Www.p2pays.org/ref/48/47604.pdf. Biogas digester diagram. Biogas Desulfurizer.jpg 120x120. Biogas-home-biogas-digester. Bio-gas: Renewable Energy in the Himalaya. Biocore Project. Biofuelbox. Planes of the future could fly on sawdust or straw. The "ProBio3" project, started in early July and co-financed by a French government economic stimulus programme, aims to use traditional horse-bedding materials to develop a new kind of biofuel that can be used in a 50/50 blend alongside kerosene.
American Biodiesel Breakthrough. Biodiesel Published on August 21st, 2008 | by Nick Chambers A small group of unassuming mid-westerners has discovered what could be a complete game-changer for the global biodiesel industry. Their new system makes biodiesel in mere seconds, creates a product that costs half the price, produces no waste, and can use any animal fat or vegetable oil as a feedstock. Organic Materials Management - WA State Department of Ecology - Energy & Nutrient Recovery. Waste 2 Resources > Organic Materials Management > Energy & Nutrient Recovery Generator used to produce energy from methane.
Bioenergy means creating renewable energy from organic materials. There are many innovative technologies for turning organic materials into energy. View the following sites to learn more. Anaerobic Digesters are becoming more common in Washington. The Beyond Waste Organics Initiative recognizes the value of using organic wastes as resources. Ecology began conducting research in 2003 through Washington State University's Biological Systems Engineering and Agricultural Economics Departments. Anaerobic methane digester how to, including biogas scrubbing.
Self-Powered Modular Cellulose Ethanol Refinery. Ep Overviews - Visitor Access. Biofuel created by explosive technology. Supercapacitor Made With Biofuel By-Product. Www.bioenergy2020.eu/files/publications/pdf/AquaFUELs_Roundtable_Conference_review.pdf. BioBot 20 countertop diesel processor converts waste cooking oil into biodiesel.