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MARCH 11, 2015

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed an innovative hydrogen-producing photoelectrochemical cell (PEC), using solar-driven biomass conversion as the anode reaction. Most of the earlier work exploring the conversion of HMF into FDCA utilized aerobic oxidation using heterogeneous catalysts.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Of them, the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center ( GLBRC ), led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, had a goal of turning more of the corn plant—the stalk and leaves that makes up the stover—into ethanol, while developing perennial plants like switchgrass and miscanthus (also called silvergrass) into potential feedstocks.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Schematic representation of the integrated conversion of hemicellulose and cellulose portions of lignocellulosic biomass to furfural and GVL, using a portion of the GVL as a solvent and the remainder for conversion to butene oligomers as hydrocarbon. 80%) from direct conversion of hemicellulose in corn stover. Alonso et al.

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MAY 18, 2019

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin Madison and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering have devised a two-stage process by which an alcohol such as ethanol or 1-butanol can be converted with high yields into distillate-range ethers and olefins by combining Guerbet coupling (the coupling of two alcohol molecules) and intermolecular dehydration.

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JUNE 6, 2012

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin led by Dr. James Dumesic report on the use of a biphasic reaction system using γ-valerolactone (GVL) as a solvent for the deconstruction of cellulose to produce levulinic and formic acids, which can be later converted to biofuels. —Wettstein et al. Energy Environ.

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AUGUST 24, 2012

Researchers at the University of Georgia, who are also members of Department of Energy’s BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), have developed a method for the genetic manipulation of members of bacterial genus Caldicellulosiruptor , a group of anaerobic thermophiles with optimum growth temperatures between 65 °C and 78 °C (149–172 °F).

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MAY 26, 2022

—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Bourns College of Engineering – Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Reaction pathways for conversion of GVL to butenes and CO 2 , and the integrated conversion of GVL to both a liquid stream of alkenes for use in transportation fuels and a gaseous stream rich in CO 2 that is appropriate for further processing options. Credit: Bond et al., Click to enlarge. Bond et al.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Schematic representation of the conversion of hemicellulose to furfural (FuAL) through the biphasic dehydration of xylose to furfural, followed by the production of levulinic acid (LA) by reduction of furfural to furfuryl alcohol (FuOH) and further reaction of furfuryl alcohol with water in a biphasic reactor. Source: Gürbüz et al.

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AUGUST 2, 2017

All four projects are supporting the development of biomass-to-hydrocarbon biofuels conversion pathways that can produce variable amounts of fuels and/or products based on external factors, such as market demand.

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MARCH 11, 2010

A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has developed a chemical process for the hydrolysis of biomass into sugars for subsequent processing into fuels and chemicals that delivers sugar yields approaching those of enzymatic hydrolysis. Furthermore, the hydrolysate products are readily converted into ethanol by microorganisms.

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JUNE 4, 2015

The new C5 FUEL yeast delivers fermentation and ethanol yields that set a new standard for conversion of biomass sugars from pretreated corn stover, converting up to 97% of the plant sugars into fuel, the researchers said. —BESC Director Paul Gilna. —Kevin Wenger, executive vice president of Mascoma.

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APRIL 8, 2015

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Minnesota and Argonne National Laboratory will explore ways to produce renewable plastic precursors and other substances from biomass with a recently announced $3.3-million million grant from the United States Department of Energy. Part of a $13.4-million

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

These products not only will help reduce carbon emissions, but also advance the department’s work to enable the production of drop-in biofuel at $3 per gallon by 2022. The research and development projects will focus on developing integrated processes for the production of advanced biofuels and chemicals.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China and Chinese Academy of Sciences have demonstrated the conversion of levulinic acid (LA) to γ-valerolactone (GVL) by heterogeneous catalysts without using external hydrogen. Qing-Xiang Guo (2010) Conversion of Levulinic Acid and Formic Acid into ?-Valerolactone

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $10.5 The goal of this project is to develop a hybrid perovskite-silicon solar cell that significantly improves the light-to-energy conversion efficiency of conventional cells. Maximizing solar-to-fuel conversion efficiency in photo-electrochemical cells.

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JULY 11, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected eight new projects to further advanced coal research under the University Coal Research Program. The selected projects are intended to improve coal conversion and use and will help propel technologies for future advanced coal power systems. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Macroalgae can be utilized as a feedstock for domestic transportation fuels, chemicals and other commercial products without competing with food crops for land and water. Today, nearly all domestic biomass produced for electricity generation and liquid fuels occurs on land. —ARPA-E Acting Director Eric Rohlfing.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Through these processes, fuel cells produce electricity to power electric motors in vehicles and other applications, emitting water as the only by-product. —Vojislav Stamenkovic, a senior scientist and group leader for the Energy Conversion and Storage group in Argonne’s Materials Science Division (MSD). Lopes, P.P.,

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JULY 20, 2011

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL, the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and Michigan State University (MSU) have developed a new biomass pretreatment method that reorganizes the hydrogen bond network within crystalline cellulose. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Shishir P.

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MARCH 7, 2016

wood, grasses and the inedible parts of plants), the BRCs are developing a portfolio of new bio-based products, methods and tools for use in the biofuels industry. In their focus on producing biofuels from cellulosic biomass (i.e., That variety, however, does not represent a lack of focus.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Madison, Wisconsin). Application of Advanced Materials Processing to Enable Direct Production of Fast Reactor Fuel Alloys, $1,000,000. Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Eaton Corporation (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin).

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Overall processing strategy, using first a single vessel for cellulose deconstruction and extraction of levulinic and formic acids, followed by a cascade of flow reactors for production of GVL and butene. James Dumesic has developed an improved, streamlined process for the conversion of biomass to butyl esters and γ-valerolactone (GVL).

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JANUARY 14, 2014

Producing bioenergy crops on marginal lands—farmland suboptimal for food crops—could help meet energy goals while minimizing competition with food production. This study is especially timely as high commodity prices are driving conversion of marginal lands to annual crop production, reducing future flexibility.

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MAY 9, 2014

A team from seven US universities and the Korea Institue of Science and Technology, led by George Huber, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has developed an integrated catalytic process for the conversion of whole biomass into drop-in aviation fuels with maximal carbon yields.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

A team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology of South Korea has demonstrated the feasibility of using proton-exchange-membrane (PEM) reactors electrocatalytically to reduce biomass-derived oxygenates into renewable fuels and chemicals.

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MARCH 7, 2011

To make the conversion possible, Liao and postdoctoral researcher Wendy Higashide of UCLA and Yongchao Li and Yunfeng Yang of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) developed a strain of Clostridium cellulolyticum , a native cellulose-degrading microbe, that could synthesize isobutanol directly from cellulose. —Higashide et al.

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AUGUST 14, 2015

Isobutanol is attractive because its energy density and octane values are closer to those of gasoline; it is useful not only as a direct replacement for gasoline but also as a chemical feedstock for a variety of products. While the previous genetically engineered microbe achieved conversion results of 0.6 Lin, Luo Mi, Amy H.

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Gerald Kulcinski, University of Wisconsin A new breed of maverick fusioneers is aiming to solve the neutron problem. There was a lot of work in what we then called ‘advanced fuels’ from the 1960s through the 1980s,” says Gerald Kulcinski, a nuclear engineer and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

At the conclusion of Phase 1, teams will be down-selected based on technical review to receive additional funding for development of selected alloy compositions and coatings, as well as the production of generic small-scale turbine blades to demonstrate manufacturability of designs. University of Maryland. University of Virginia.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Production of high octane number gasoline from GVL. However, the authors noted, the production costs of these intermediates are high due to high energy consumption in separation and their relatively low availability. However, the products are alkanes/alkenes without a branch or with a single branch—i.e., Click to enlarge.

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JULY 26, 2012

The US Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy (DOE) will award $41 million investment to 13 projects to drive more efficient biofuels production and feedstock improvements through genomics. This project enables creation of diverse product streams from this facility, opening new markets for the cooperative and contributing to the U.S.

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MAY 4, 2010

Reaction pathway for conversion of GVL to liquid transportation fuels. In a new paper, published in the RSC journal Green Chemistry , Dumesic and colleagues focused on the production of alkenes in the range of C 18 –C 27 from the oligomerization of C 9 alkenes produced from biomass-derived GVL. Source: Alonso et al. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 7, 2015

The second part of the process uses a newly discovered enzymatic system discovered by the group of team member Vincent Eijsink, professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. One of the BioMim collaborators who is producing the enzyme is Makoto Yoshida, associate professor from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.

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JUNE 19, 2015

The six TERRA projects will receive a total of $30 million to accelerate energy crop development for the production of renewable transportation fuels from biomass and the 12 GENSETS projects are aimed at developing generator technologies that will improve efficiencies in residential Combined Heat and Power (CHP) generation. Purdue University.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

The combined effects are strongest in parts of Wisconsin and Michigan, where lightweight cars would have a significant advantage over EVs in reducing emissions, the study showed. Conversely, gasoline-powered vehicles suffer an efficiency penalty in urban driving, but they have lower emissions in regions that are more rural and spread out.

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JUNE 19, 2013

Preliminary results from a new study by a team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Wisconsin suggest that the fuel properties of moderate biofuel blends such as E20 and B20 increase the benefits of the use of Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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