Browsing by Subject "Biofuels"
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(2013-08-09)Electrocoagulation was compared to centrifugation at pilot scale for harvesting Nannochloris oculata and Nannochloropsis salina for biodiesel production. The pilot scale testing is a proof of concept and no optimization ...
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(2010-10-12)Biofuels are a promising solution to society's quest for sustainable energy. In the transportation sector, biodiesel is the leading alternative diesel fuel currently in use today. However, the current global and domestic ...
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(2012-10-19)Naturally occurring microbial communities from high-salt and/or high-temperature environments were collected from sites across the United States and Puerto Rico and screened for their efficacy in the MixAlco biofuel ...
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(2014-04-18)Industrial bioprocesses are constrained by the availability of microbes that are optimized for harsh bioprocess conditions. Over 500 soil and sediment samples collected from 77 saline and/or thermal sites in the continental ...
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(2011-10-21)Decreasing fossil fuel reserves and environmental concerns necessitate a shift toward biofuels. However, the chemistry of many biomass to fuel conversion pathways remains to be thoroughly studied. The future of biorefineries ...
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(2017-07-27)Biochemical processing methods have been targeted as one of the potential renewable strategies for producing commodities currently dominated by the petrochemical industry. To design biochemical systems with the ability to ...
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(2011-10-21)Microalgae produce large quantities of lipids that can be used for biofuel feedstock. The goal of this project was to determine the effect of several engineering and management parameters on the productivity of microalgae ...
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(2012-10-19)Dramatically higher fuel prices and massive petroleum imports from politically unstable countries have contributed to a major national initiative to generate renewable fuels in the United States. Often, such policies are ...
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(2012-10-19)Using mixed-culture fermentation, the carboxylate platform produces carboxylic acids, which are chemically converted into chemicals and fuels. To optimize the mixed-acid fermentation, different bioreactor configurations ...
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(2014-04-23)Corn and soybean meals are major feed ingredients for livestock producers. The first part of the research studies the effects of renewable fuel standard mandate on the U.S. beef and dairy sectors. A dynamic and recursive ...
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(2012-10-19)Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench) is the world's fifth most economically important cereal crop, grown worldwide as a source of food for both humans and livestock. Sorghum is a C4 grass that is well adapted to hot and ...
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(2012-10-19)This dissertation explores the combined effects of biofuel mandates and terrestrial greenhouse gas GHG mitigation incentives on land use, management intensity, commodity markets, welfare, and the full costs of GHG abatement ...
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Impacts of Biofuel Production and Navigation Impediments on Agricultural Transportation and Markets (2013-08-22)This study investigated the impacts of U.S. biofuel production and barge navigation impediments on agricultural transportation and markets. Both past and future impacts of U.S. biofuel production levels mandated by the ...
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(2010-01-14)The rising price of oil is hurting consumers all over the world. There is growing interest in producing biofuels from non-food crops, such as sugarcane trash. Lignocellulosic biomass (e.g., sugarcane trash) is an abundant, ...