http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 0:39:10 EDT Kinki University (www.kindai.ac.jp) and Naniwa Roki Co. (both Osaka, Japan; www.naniwaroki.co.jp) have developed a continuous process for producing a next-generation solid fuel, called Bio-cokes. The process is being used at a new production facility located at Kinki University Research Institute of... http://www.che.com/chementator/biomass/10168.html Fri, 1 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST Composite liquid and slurry boiler fuels have been produced from mixtures of various waste materials, such as biomass, coal- and crude-oil-processing residues, wood and other combustible substances, in a collaboration between researchers at the University of Rhode Island (Kingston, R.I.) and Podgorny... http://www.che.com/chementator/biomass/10169.html Fri, 1 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST This month, Borregaard Industries Ltd. (Sarpsborg, Norway; www.borregaard.com) will start up an integrated, pilot-demonstration plant to further develop a new pretreatment process for converting biomass into lignin and fermentable sugars. Located at the company’s R&D Center in Sarpsborg, the pilot... http://www.che.com/chementator/biomass/9252.html Tue, 1 May 2012 0:00:00 EDT The technology surrounding a hydrolysis- and fermentation-based process that is capable of utilizing municipal solid waste (MSW) and biomass waste to produce cellulosic bioethanol at low cost is now available for licensing from its developer, TMO Renewables Ltd. (Guildford, U.K.; www.tmo-group.com). Several... http://www.che.com/chementator/biomass/9294.html Tue, 1 May 2012 0:00:00 EDT Impending standards requiring that cellulosic ethanol be used in gasoline blending have focused attention on building a capacity for bioethanol from non-food sources. In a development that may begin to meet that need, a plant employing a unique method for fermenting synthesis gas (syngas) to produce ethanol... http://www.che.com/chementator/biomass/8500.html Sat, 1 Oct 2011 0:00:00 EDT A technique that improves the efficiency of ethanol plants by lowering the cost of dewatering the byproduct stillage (a slurry of corn solids and water) from the fermentation process has been developed by scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Eastern Regional Research Center... http://www.che.com/chementator/biomass/8514.html Sat, 1 Oct 2011 0:00:00 EDT Cellulosic biomass pretreated with ammonia undergoes structural changes that make it more susceptible to enzymatic attack, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos, N.M.; www.lanl.gov) and collaborators at the... http://www.che.com/chementator/biomass/8400.html Thu, 1 Sep 2011 0:00:00 EDT Metso (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) is supplying a 140-MWth biogasification plant to Vaskiluodon Voima Oy in Vaasa, Finland. When it starts up in December 2012, the €40-million gasification plant, which will be located next to the existing 565-MW coal-fired power plant, will convert biomass (mainly... http://www.che.com/chementator/biomass/8202.html Fri, 1 Jul 2011 0:00:00 EDT Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, www.mhi.co.jp) says it has established technology to produce bioethanol for automobile use by using soft-cellulose, such as wheat straw and rice straw, as raw materials. MHI estimates the fuel cost for a full-scale production plant — accounting for the... http://www.che.com/chementator/biomass/8097.html Wed, 1 Jun 2011 0:00:00 EDT Last month, construction was completed on the world’s first commercial plant to produce a next-generation solid fuel, called Bio-cokes, at Takatsuki, Japan. The renewable material is produced from forest residues and can be used as an alternative to coal-based coke in blast furnaces and... http://www.che.com/chementator/biomass/8102.html Wed, 1 Jun 2011 0:00:00 EDT