New results indicate that processing switchgrass, an important biofuel feedstock, to ever smaller sizes won't reduce machine clogs, and may just be a waste of energy. The processes might get more and ...

LUND, Sweden, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire Desmet, part of the Desmet Ballestra Group, a world leader in engineering and supplying processing plants and ...

RODEO, California, March 21 (Reuters) - In the oldest refining town in the American West, Phillips 66 PSX.N is promising a greener future as it moves to halt crude-oil processing and build a massive ...

GRAND FORKS — With the announcement that Epitome Energy plans to build a soybean crush plant in Grand Forks, the state of North Dakota could have three new soybean processing plants over the next ...

A team of researchers working within the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has discovered a pathway to encourage a type of lignin formation in plants that could ...

Ionic liquids have emerged as versatile solvents for the efficient processing of lignocellulosic biomass into fuels and chemicals. Their negligible vapour pressure and designable solvation properties ...

Airbus and TAM Airlines are partnering to help establish a bio-kerosene processing plant to produce as much as 20% of the airline’s annual fuel requirement by 2013. Airbus and TAM have been working on ...

Ethanol preparation: Ethanol production begins with crushing sugarcane or processing maize and rice to extract sugars. Once ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Millers are a family of beekeepers in Gackle, North Dakota, a tiny farming town about 70 miles east of Bismarck. It was five decades ago when they began their labors here amid the ...

A year fraught with trade wars and global oil shocks tests whether Illinois’ long-running investment in biodiesel is paying ...

As E10 petrol, a blend of 90% conventional gasoline and 10% ethanol, is introduced nationwide, ethanol demand is expected to ...