biofuel Articles
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Visible light-operated glucose-O2 biofuel cell
Visible light-operated glucose-O2 biofuel cell consisting of chlorin-e6 metal complexes (MChl?e6, M = H2 and Zn) adsorbed on TiO2 coated onto Optical Transparent conductive glass Electrode (OTE) as an anode, platinum electrode as a cathode, and the solution containing glucose, Glucose Dehydrogenase and NAD+ as a fuel is studied. The cells using H2Chl-e6 and Zn Chl-e6 adsorbed on TiO2 coated OTEs ...
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Grease Processing Facility Wastewater
Yellow & Brown Grease Processing for Biofuel This facility takes in yellow and brown grease and processes it to recover the organics for biofuel. The resulting wastewater generated is shown below on the left. The pH quickly drops to 4.67 as the organics anaerobically decompose thereby dropping the pH. Caustic was used to raise the pH to 6.4 and the addition of Floccin 909 produced the ...
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Air Force Welcomes Comments On Red Rock Biofuels Facility Environmental Assessment
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) Research Laboratory has developed a Draft Environmental Assessment and a Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the development of the Red Rock Biofuels facility in Lake County, Oregon. The proposed facility is one of three projects awarded a contract under the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) Protection Act to produce drop-in biofuels for military ...
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Letter to EU president barosso on biofuels and land use change
Wetlands International together with several environmental NGOs have written to the European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, demanding action on five scientific studies that question the clean energy benefits of biofuels. The five reports strongly question the environmental benefits of the use of biofuels instead of conventional fuels due to the indirect land use change at the ...
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Reports On Canadian Biofuels GHG Emissions Argue For And Against Biofuel Mandates Over Carbon Pricing
On October 4, 2016, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission (EFC) published a report, Course Correction: It’s Time to Rethink Canadian Biofuel Policies, arguing for the termination of biofuel subsidies. The report claims that Canadian biofuel policies have reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions an average of three million tonnes annually, accounting for less than 0.5 percent of Canada’s ...
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Project - PCK Schwedt Refinery, Germany
Refinery Boiler Water Treatment Located in Schwedt, Germany, PCK Raffinerie GmbH is one of the largest crude oil processing facilities in the country and a leading manufacturer for high-quality biofuel components. They are using polyamines water treatment for more than 15 years for: 2 boilers x 740 t/h 120 bar ...
By Fineamin SA
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Policy brief on indirect land use change and Peatlands
Biofuel production on peatlands increases greenhouse gas emissions Wetlands International recognises a potential role for biofuels in terms of emission reductions compared to fossil fuels. However, under current practice, biofuels often have large negative impacts on (high carbon) natural ecosystems. In such cases, the expansion of biofuel crop production leads to higher rather than lower ...
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EPA releases notice on the GHG emissions of Pennycress oil
On March 12, 2015, Christopher Grundler, Director of EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality, signed the Notice Of Opportunity to Comment on an Analysis of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Attributable to Production and Transport of Pennycress (Thlaspi Avense) Oil for Use in Biofuel Production. This notice states that biofuels produced from pennycress oil could qualify as biomass-based diesel ...
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Simulating the hydrologic response of a semiarid watershed to switchgrass cultivation
The conversion of land from existing uses to biofuel cultivation is expected to increase given concerns about the sustainability of fossil fuel supplies. Nonetheless, research into the environmental impacts of biofuel crops, primarily the hydrological impacts of their cultivation, is in its infancy. To investigate such issues, the response of a 1,649 km2 semiarid basin to the incremental ...
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BIO assesses impact of EPA delays on RFS investment
BIO examined the impact of EPA's recent inability in administering the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on investment in advanced and cellulosic biofuels. It has found that EPA's delay in issuing the final 2013 and 2014 RFS rules, among other delays in RFS administration, is responsible for most of the "$13.7 billion shortfall in necessary investments for capacity to meet the RFS goals." ...
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An expert outlook on water security and water for energy trends to 2030–2050
The water-energy nexus has increasingly been recognized as one of the key factors underlying the sustainability and security of future water and energy supply. An improved understanding of this issue is required to guide political decision-making on the choice of technologies that can better lead towards water-energy efficient scenarios. One of the biggest challenges relies on the reduction ...
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DOE accepting nominations for biomass research and development technical advisory committee
On July 15, 2015, DOE posted a solicitation notice for candidates for the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee. According to the notice, DOE is specifically looking for candidates with experience in biobased industrial/commercial products, non-federal government engineers or scientists, academia with expertise in biofuel and biobased products, and experts in crop or soil ...
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Nitrous oxide's impact on net greenhouse gas savings from biofuels: life-cycle analysis comparison
We discuss the likely impact of agricultural fertiliser N use on the global nitrous oxide (N2O) budget, as described by Crutzen et al. (2008). We then project the impact of full N2O accounting in biofuel net Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions using the life-cycle analyses from Farrell et al. (2006) (ERG Biofuels Analysis Meta-Model (EBAMM)), Liska et al. (2008) (Biofuel Energy Systems Simulator ...
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Models for evaluating energy, environmental and sustainability performance of biofuels value chain
Sustainable production of biofuels requires lots of feedstocks, developing robust technologies and industrial ecology-oriented biorefineries under the overarching principles of sustainability. Majority of existing methods for impacts analysis of biofuels have not considered the triple dimensions of sustainability. A critical challenge for any chain of biofuel traders is to develop and implement ...
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Pennycress oil notice published in the federal register
On March 20, 2015, the Notice of Opportunity to Comment on an Analysis of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Attributable to Production and Transport of Pennycress (Thlaspi Arvense) Oil for Use in Biofuel Production that was discussed in the March 19, 2015, Biobased and Renewable Products Update was published in the Federal Register. The docket number is EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0091 and comments on the notice ...
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Removal performance of lignin compound from simulated pulping wastewater using emulsion liquid membrane process
Removal of lignin from pulping wastewater has considerable interest due to high market value in conversion to external biofuel and specialty chemicals. Thus, it is important to remove lignin for increasing revenue while reducing environmental problems. Removal of lignin from simulated pulping wastewater using emulsion liquid membrane (ELM) was proposed in this study. Thereby, optimum removal ...
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University Of Michigan Researcher Publishes Controversial Study That Finds Gasoline Produces Fewer CO2 Emissions Than Biofuels
On August 25, 2016, researchers at the University of Michigan, led by research professor John M. DeCicco, Ph.D., published "Carbon balance effects of U.S. biofuel production and use," a study examining the impact of biofuel production on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The study, funded in part by the American Petroleum Institute, examined USDA crop-production data and determined that the ...
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Implementing the climate change convention: taxes or tradable abatement obligations equals coercion or negotiation
Technological change external to the energy supply industry - sink enhancement and demand side efficiency improvements - is key to a least-cost greenhouse gas response strategy. The potential for a low cost global forestry and biofuel based response is noted. Enlisting energy supply firms' expertise to manage such technology change entails the use of policy instruments congenial to managerial ...
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RFA Responds To Oregon’s Proposal To Use ILUC Emissions Under CFP
On September 15, 2015, Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) proposed using hypothetical indirect land use change (ILUC) emissions while calculating the carbon intensity of biofuels under the Clean Fuels Program (CFP). DEQ proposed the rule to update the Oregon Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy Transportation model (OR-GREET) to clarify elements before the CFP's first ...
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A review on urban air quality, global climate change and CDM issues in the transportation sector
Although their potential for reducing both Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) and local air pollutants is considered significant, transportation projects remain an almost negligible part of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Inspired by the CURB-AIR project, this paper reviews several case studies focused on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and biofuels in the context of CDM. The key difficulties associated with ...
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