Archive for Biofuels
What is biodiesel?
The fuel of organic origin and also recyclable, has become a source of renewable energy as a substitute for petroleum diesel. The biodiesel a fuel plant and animal obtained by organic synthesis of oils from different vegetable soy, rape, sunflower, algae and / or animal fats (New or used), the esterification of triglycerides (fatty acids). [...]
Create artificial proteins that sustain life
A significant advance in synthetic biology show that the set of molecular parts of life need not be limited to genes and proteins that exist in nature thanks to the achievement of scientists from Princeton University to “build” for the first Once artificial proteins that allow the growth of living cells. The researchers created genetic [...]
Carbon nano-objects to facilitate the construction of futuristic energy sources
Scientists at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences in Warsaw (IPC PAS for its acronym in English ) are working on electrodes having surfaces coated with layers of carbon nanoparticles and enzymes. These electrodes can be used to produce modern sensors and energy sources, including some as futuristic as biological fuel [...]
Nanotechnology in the fight against the oil – Pest
What is currently in front of and on the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico happening is bizarre, not to put into words, just terrible. Since the Explosion of the platform, ” Deep water Horizon ” on 20 April flow from the borehole further large quantities of oil into the sea. BP tries to indicated [...]
Cyanobacteria as fuel factories
Cyanobacteria usually do in the summer of attention, then coat the formerly called ” blue-green algae ” designated microbial nutrient- rich lakes with unsavory carpets. But the Berlin-based biotechnology company Cyano Biofuels shimmering green bacteria discovered as an efficient producer of biofuels for themselves. Cyanobacteria carry out photosynthesis , meaning they convert sunlight and carbon [...]
Biomass as a renewable fuel reservoir
In contrast to electricity generation using renewable energy from solar, wind and water exhibit products Biomass to date the only effective alternative to fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas because dar. Biomass provides the only renewable energy sources of carbon, the basic building block of all hydrocarbon -based fuels such as gasoline or [...]
Rise and fall of a process of biomass
It is very common to fall into the hype when reporting on new processes for biofuels. The promoters of the process are promising low cost and very short deployment times are not always achieved in practice. Usually the press forgets the failed technology, but it is illustrative to analyze the problems that arise. In the [...]
