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Purdue working on 'carbon-free' production method for liquid fuels, but it requires hydrogen

Chemical engineers from Purdue University are proposing an environmentally-friendly process for producing liquid fuels from biomass. It involves adding hydrogen during the gasification step, which suppresses the formation of carbon dioxide and converts all the carbon atoms to fuel. Normally when you break down a biomass or coal by gasification, 60 to 70 percent of the carbon atoms are lost to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, unless it's captured or sequestered. Using the Purdue process, which is called H2CAR, no carbon atoms would be lost. ... Read more →

From sewer sludge to affordable clean diesel Bruno Vanzieleghem

Researchers from UC Riverside and a small company announced a new process yesterday that allows them to create diesel from pretty much anything that contains carbon. The process can convert sewer ...

Purdue working on 'carbon-free' production method for liquid fuels, but it requires hydrogen 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

From sewer sludge to affordable clean diesel 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Researchers from UC Riverside and a small company announced a new process yesterday that allows them to create diesel from pretty much anything that contains carbon. The process can convert sewer sludge, wood, agricultural waste, plain old trash, and even plastic into a gas, and then turning the gas ...

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