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Good news for struggling ethanol plants. Microbiology professor Joy Peterson and fellow researchers at
The tragedy of this post is that we can’t tell you exactly what the new technology consists of because the creators are hush-hush about it for now while they file their patent. We do know that the new process uses a “fast, mild, acid-free pretreatment process” and that using this mild process helps eliminate expensive chemical use and disposal on top of being supposedly wildly more effective. If the process pans out, this could be a significant breakthrough in our ability to use non-crop-based plant biomass for ethanol production, and an opportunity to eliminate hunts for new sources. We’ll keep our ears peeled for updates and information releases.
Via GoodCleanTech, UofGeorgia; Photo via Wili
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written by techdude, July 30, 2008
http://blabtech.blogspot.com
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written by ecogeekfan, July 30, 2008
Only aying there is a breakthrough and there would be an "increase ethanol yields from biomass sources like sugar cane harvest waste" is rather useless.
Give us some figures to give ground to the news!
How better is this technical trick? :)
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written by Stephanie, July 31, 2008
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BTW, it is not a tragedy that the process is currently secret. It has to be that way, for the inventors to make money on it (as well they should). These advances are driven by the prospect of profit should it pan out. Take away that prospect and the level of energy put into research like that drops significantly.