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Companies that break down biomass into sugar monomers
Iogen is one company that breaks down biomass (cellulose and hemicellulose) into sugar monomers.
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Topics : Bioenergy
Breaking up cellulose to monomer molecules
An alternative to syngas method is to break the cellulose and hemicellulose into their component monomer molecules. This is easier said than done, especially if lignin is involved. Lignin is resistant to such conversion - proof is the amount of coal available in the world. Coal is composed of mainly lignin from plants that failed to decompose completely
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Topics : Bioenergy
US far short of grass-based biofuel refineries needed for 2022 federal standard
It may be one of the biggest green gambles of the century: a national goal of converting wood, grass, corn stalks and garbage into 16 billion gallons of cellulosic biofuels annually by 2022. No commercial-scale refineries exist, researchers have yet to agree on the best technology for fuel conversion and there is no distribution network to handle fuel once it is made. - Read More
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Topics : Bioenergy
A new cyanobacteria that secretes cellulose
A research team from the University of Texas has developed a new blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) that secretes a soft cellulose, glucose and sucrose.