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Avocado Furan: Natural Insecticide
Avocadofurans are new nontoxic insecticides which would be effective against common crop insect pest.
Avocadofurans are new nontoxic insecticides which would be effective against common crop insect pest.
Bioenergy crops could store more carbon in soil
Biomass research plots (miscanthus and switchgrass) on SoyFace plots on UI South Farms.
In addition to providing renewable energy, grass crops like switchgrass and miscanthus could store some of the carbon they pull from the atmosphere in the soil. read more…
Whiskey Science: Smell the Furfural
The Higher the Furfural Content, The Better The Whiskey! (Image: DalinYebo)
Furfural imparts a characteristic variously described as grainy, biscuity, or almond-like.
Levulinic Acid from Cow Dung
Oldest Biorefineries used for Pretreatment of Lignocellulose: The Cows
Levulinic acid is a platform chemical with significant potential to substitute petroleum-based products in the chemical and fuel sectors.
Two More Factsheets: Biobased Products
Image © Stefan Körber, Tropfen, Fotolia
InnProBio, the Forum for Bio-Based Innovation in Public Procurement, aims to build a community of public procurement practitioners interested in Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) of Bio-Based Products and Services (BBPS). More .. (more…)
Factsheet #1: What are biobased products?
Factsheet #1: What are biobased products?
The EU-funded InnProBio project published Factsheet #1. It offers some definitions and graphic illustrations on the type of feedstock used to make the products and of the uses for biobased products.
Factsheet #1 highlights the benefits of bio-based products, such as their potential to reduce the economy’s dependence on fossil feedstocks, to create green jobs (not only) in the European Union, and to help drive European innovation.
Additional Posts
Levulinic Acid from Furfuryl Alcohol in THF Solvent Systems
Furfuryl alcohol was hydrolysed to levulinic acid with yields >70%. (ACS Catalysis)
American and Brazilian Researchers observed a reduction of the furfuryl alcohol polymerization reactions, when using a zeolite to hydrolyse furfuryl alcohol in THF (a furfural by-product) , thus increasing the yields over 70%.
Furfural Derivatives And 170-Year-Old Champagne
SHIPWRECKED FIZZ: In 2010, divers found a cache of 170-year-old champagne in the Baltic Sea. (Credit: Visit Åland)
Analysis of furfural derivatives in the shipwrecked bubbly reveals secrets of 19th-century French wine making. read more…
Polyester From Furfural
2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid (FDCA): Discovered in 1876 | Synthesis pathway is adapted from Kamm et al. [5]
Aiming for a small slice of the ±50million tpa (polyester) market.
Closing In on Butanol for Biofuel
At the ARS Bioenergy Research Unit in Peoria, Illinois, chemical engineer Nasib Qureshi observes and controls a fermentor in which butanol is produced from corn stover and recovered simultaneously with a vacuum.
Butanol is the go-to industrial solvent for products such as lacquers and enamels, but it might also play a substantial role in the production of renewable fuels. Gallon for gallon, it has 30 percent more energy than ethanol and only around 4 percent less energy than a gallon of petroleum-based gasoline.
New process transforms wood, crop waste into valuable chemicals
New process transforms wood, crop waste into valuable chemicals.[/caption]
