Whisky Biofuel May Soon Be Available At Scotland Pumps
Pressure Cooked Algae Soup Makes Better Biofuel
Renewable Energy System that Converts Waste to Power being tested by University of Nevada
Biofuel may cause Environmental Damage according to EU report
Algae Biofuel May Have a Larger Carbon Footprint than Petroleum based Diesel
Bacteria may Provide Low Cost Way to Extract Biofuel from Cellulosic Biomass
Biofuel from Jatropha Plant may be coming soon from GM and DOE
Stanford Develops High Speed, Low-Cost Water Purifying Nanofilter
First Waste to Biofuel Plant Breaks Ground in Canada
The Poplar Tree - A Popular Choice for Biofuel
U.S. Air Force to use Camelina Plant for Biofuel
Beef Fat Biofuel may run Amtrak trains
Converting Greenhouse Gas Into Carbon Monoxide, a Useful Resource
Horse Manure to Power Home of UK’s Royal Horse Artillery
DOE awards $1M for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Studies
Crude Oil's Newest Source may be Pig Manure
The University of Illinois has developed a thermochemical conversion (TCC) process that may turn a smelly problem into an economic boon by converting pig manure into crude oil. At a conversion rate of 70 percent from solids to oils, it is projected that one pig can excrete enough manure to produce twenty-one gallons of crude oil during its prime production cycle!
"If 50 percent of swine farms adopted this technology, we could see a $1.5 billion reduction in crude oil imports every year," explained Zhang, "and swine producers could see a 10 percent increase in their income — about $10 to $15 per hog."
University of of Illinois agricultural and biological engineer Yuanhui Zhang says that their approach to TCC involves processing the manure directly -- without removing the water first -- avoiding the expense and smell of pre-drying.
The next step in the research is to launch a pilot plant to develop an oil/liquid separation facility on a commercial swine farm.
Other waste biofuel technologies:
Cow manure now harvested for electricity
Bacteria converts organic waste into biodiesel
British Airways to fly on biofuel from city waste
Can gribble worms produce biofuel from waste?
Recommended for Further Reading:
- Whisky Biofuel May Soon Be Available At Scotland Pumps
- Pressure Cooked Algae Soup Makes Better Biofuel
- Renewable Energy System that Converts Waste to Power being tested by University of Nevada
- Biofuel may cause Environmental Damage according to EU report
- Algae Biofuel May Have a Larger Carbon Footprint than Petroleum based Diesel
- Bacteria may Provide Low Cost Way to Extract Biofuel from Cellulosic Biomass
- Biofuel from Jatropha Plant may be coming soon from GM and DOE
- Stanford Develops High Speed, Low-Cost Water Purifying Nanofilter
- First Waste to Biofuel Plant Breaks Ground in Canada
- The Poplar Tree - A Popular Choice for Biofuel
- U.S. Air Force to use Camelina Plant for Biofuel
- Beef Fat Biofuel may run Amtrak trains
- Converting Greenhouse Gas Into Carbon Monoxide, a Useful Resource
- Horse Manure to Power Home of UK’s Royal Horse Artillery
- DOE awards $1M for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Studies
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