Ethanol Production to Get a Boost From Watermelons
2009-09-09 17:59:00 Scaling up the amount of ethanol produced every year is no easy task. Aside from the huge amount of corn needed to produce a decent amount of fuel, the process also requires an almost constant flow of water. While many people are working to solve the issues, others are looking for alternative methods to produce the cleaner fuel. Interestingly enough, that alternative method may end up being watermelons.
ethanol extraction from water lily
2009-08-30 06:56:00 is ethanol extraction from water lily possible? how much ethanol can we get if we have 1 kg of water lilies? thank u.
cleaning stainless steel with ethanol
2009-07-29 16:35:00 we have noticed that when cleaning stainless steel with ethanol with a piece of cotton tissue, in the "cleaned" steel part, a "grey" halo appears. Anyone could explain me why?
gas w/ ethanol in 2 cycle engines
2009-05-17 21:26:00 Does the ethanol thin the properties provided by the 2 cyle oil ? Can you compensate for this ? Wonder what effect this ethanol/gas mixture has on 2 cycle motors. Would you recommend using premium gas ?
Ethanol and Two-Cycle Oil
2009-05-17 21:26:00 Does the ethanol thin the properties provided by the 2 cyle oil ? Can you compensate for this ? Wonder what effect this ethanol/gas mixture has on 2 cycle motors. Would you recommend using premium gas ?
Building and Licensing an Ethanol Plant
2008-12-19 10:59:00 Hi every body can Every body advise me some good vendor for Ethanol Plan The feed stock of plan shall be Cassava and the selection annual capacity is 100,000,000 liters of Anhydrous ethanol
Ford Code-Names Their New Ethanol Boost System
2008-10-03 04:30:00 Even though Ford's current EcoBoost system has gotten a lot of positive feedback, they have already started working on the next iteration of the system. The project has been code-named Bobcat and it is moving through the stages of design very quickly. Cars and Motors Environment Gadgets Innovation Outdoors Technology Cars Automotive News Bobcat Ethanol Boost Ford Diesel Turbo
Ford Code-Names Their New Ethanol Boost System
2008-10-03 04:30:00 Even though Ford's current EcoBoost system has gotten a lot of positive feedback, they have already started working on the next iteration of the system. The project has been code-named Bobcat and it is moving through the stages of design very quickly. Cars and Motors Environment Gadgets Innovation Outdoors Technology Cars Automotive News Bobcat Ethanol Boost Ford Diesel Turbo
Novozymes: Større vækst i salg af ethanol-enzymer
2008-09-16 09:17:00 Novozymes-ledelsen har nu tilkendegivet, at man øjner en vækst pÃ¥ “op i mod 50 pct.” i selskabets salg af enzymer til ethanol-industrien i 2008 i forhold til sidste Ã¥r. Det fremgÃ¥r af et interview, som Novozymes-ledelsen har givet til nyhedsbureauet Bloomberg, der kan læses her. Denne prognose er bemærkelsesværdig, da den indikerer, at salget af enzymer ...
Ford Developing Next-Gen, Ethanol-Boosted Engines Under Bobcat Codename
2008-09-03 15:00:00 From Autoblog: Ford has yet to release its first EcoBoost engines but is reportedly already hard at work on the technology's next phase. Rumors indicate that the new engine technology is codenamed Bobcat and uses small amounts of ethanol injection to improve power and reduce emissi
Alcohol / Ethanol Engine
2008-09-03 08:49:00 Hey guys, We plan on running an ethanol engine with multiple cyliners or even convert it into a hybrid type if its a success.. any comments and suggestions on feasibility???? I'd say rectified spirit would be a better fuel than petrol..
Why This Conservative Supports the Corn Ethanol Program
2008-09-01 17:05:00 I have some serious disagreements with President Bush. As a Texan, I have a right to be critical. I voted for the man 4 times. I?ve felt that the gent fell into a trap at some point. In essence he morphed into a typical, liberal Globalist, placing too high a value on world opinion. Constantly ...
Obama & E85 Ethanol
2008-06-25 06:32:00 Video: Barack Obama & E85 Ethanol Barack Obama has been a huge supporter of E85 Ethanol. It only makes sense because the senator from Illinois is from the heart of corn country. Post from: Christopher Hedges Obama & E85 Ethanol
Is Ethanol in Gasoline Really Green, or Just a Scam?
2008-06-05 18:21:00 Why are people thinking alcohol in gasoline helps to be 'green'? I can't seem to believe it is better in any way. Or this just a way to making us feel better? If so, I would be much happier if we made Rye/Whiskey instead? And as a side note: shouldn't green mean almost NO pollutants rather than slig
BMW working on exhaust generator, nixes ethanol.
2008-06-05 14:00:00 Cars are great wasters. Of all the energy stored in the fuel, only a third is used to propel the car and run its systems. The rest is lost in heat from the engine and the exhaust system. One way of getting more bang for the fuel buck could be the exhaust powered generator developed by British Foresight Motors that we posted on earlier. By using engine exhausts to power the car's generator the engine is relieved of this work and hopefully uses less fuel. Another idea, under development by BMW, is a thermo electric generator also placed in the exhaust system. Such a generator generates power by utilizing the dynamics of cold and warm air. Similar systems has been in use by NASA for years. BMW hopes to have a working system capable of generating 1,000 W within five years. This will be enough to run a car's AC and heat seats - and save up to five percent on fuel. BMW does not, however, have any plans to develop engines capable of running on the increasingly popular E85 methanol fuel.
By: Smart Stuff
How do I make a home based ethanol production facilities
2008-06-02 22:15:00 I was investigating the idea of home based ethanol production from switchgrass. My production requirements are only about 5 U.S. Gallons/month (if I can get more production that required then I happily can put it to use but less than this and I wouldn't be able put it to a regular application). What
Coors to Make Waste Beer Into Ethanol
2008-05-29 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor It's often said that major beer companies spill more beer than micro-brewers make, and that's probably true. Of course, since I'm not one to cry over spilled beer?or pay nine dollars for a six-pack?that statistic has...
By: CarDomain Blog
The World's First Verified Sustainable Ethanol Introduced - FOXBusiness
2008-05-27 07:47:00 The World's First Verified Sustainable Ethanol IntroducedFOXBusiness - 48 minutes agoGOTHENBURG, Sweden, May 26, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Swedish SEKAB today announced that it is the first company in the world to supply verified ...
Genetic Engineering for Cheaper Cellulosic Ethanol?
2008-05-26 20:09:00 In the June 2008 issue of the journal Nature Reviews Genetics, internationally renowned biofuels researcher Mariam Sticklen proposes that future production of cellulosic biofuels will be made...
By: Green Options
Biodiesel Station in San Francisco Coming Soon
2008-05-23 17:37:00 It?s hard to believe that one of America?s greenest cities lacks a true biodiesel station. Yes, San Francisco has an Olympic station on Third Street however is only supplies commercially licensed...
By: Green Options
USDA Says Ethanol Accounts for Only 3% of Increased Cost of Food
2008-05-22 18:38:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.On Monday, USDA officials met with reporters to discuss just how closely biofuels (specifically corn-based ethanol) are linked to the...
By: Green Options
Ethanol Use in US and Brazil Rises Sharply
2008-05-22 16:49:00 In Europe, not so much… Brazil, which has to a large degree lead the ethanol charge because of its ability to use sugar cane for ethanol production rather than corn, now relies on the biofuel...
By: Green Options
Corn based ethanol production...
2008-05-18 20:42:00 With the high degree of energy within crude oil- people are thinking of ethanol from corn. My hometown has for decades has smelled of a moonshine still from our ethanol plant. More are being created in more places- and I hear ethanol is a net loss of energy perhaps. Also- the chatter has been of
Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence
2008-05-15 05:36:00 Bryce considers himself an optimist but his book throws cold water on the current rush to embrace alternative energy sources. As his title suggests, he believes that arguments for swift curtailment of oil consumption on the premise that it will enable America to achieve ?energy independence? are grossly misinformed or deliberately deceptive. Readers who think they know ...
By: 1913 Intel
Trash-to-ethanol firms get digging
2008-05-14 15:35:00 From CNET News.com: The trash-powered car may someday see the light of day.CleanTech Biofuels is developing a multistep process designed to take municipal solid waste from a transfer station and turn out ethanol on the other side. The company recently purchased the equipment and
Ethanol = Bad
2008-05-14 08:10:00 Right now on Channel 8 in Santa Cruz they're talking about something I seem to recall saying myself when ethanol first was released and ethanol cars came out: it's bad.Well, it's being blamed for a food crisis, which is exactly what I was saying before. Since ethanol uses something called corn, and we Americans, and much of the world, seem to like this particular vegetable when it comes to food, the result is that food costs are going up, particularly in lovely places like Mexico, which has enough problems as it is with poverty.Here's a word of advice: how about we stop being retarded and thinking about TEMPORARY solutions and get us some PERMANENT solutions instead? Or is that too logical for the world? Where the hell are the Japanese on this? Shouldn't they be firing off a bunch of cars that run off recycled soda cans or something?Yeah.(Don't click the read more, there isn't any more after this!)P.S.: Apologies for the short posts, but in an effort to keep active whi...
Brazil starts pro-ethanol diplomatic offensive
2008-05-14 02:37:00 Brazil is going to try really hard to convince the world that Brazilian sugarcane ethanol is just great. The Latin American giant is about to start what they're calling a "diplomatic offensive" that will culminate in a World Biofuels Summit from November 17th to 21th in São Paulo. According to André Caranha Correa, Chancelor's Director of Energy, there isn't enough information out there on Brazilian ethanol. First of all, Correa said, it should be excluded from the world rise of feedstocks. He also said that Brazil started working with ethanol in 1975 after the 1973 oil crisis, so it's a well-known and proven technology / solution. He compared sugarcane with USA's corn-based ethanol, saying the U.S. fuel could affect food prices. He insisted that ethanol is more environmental friendly than gasoline, even denying that the Amazon forest was being destroyed to produce sugarcane (maybe not, but don't forget this). As for the poor work conditions we've heard about, Corre...
Crear Ethanol en el patio trasero de tu casa.
2008-05-12 23:58:00 La compañía E-Fuel se desarrolla más en el uso alternativo de combustibles para mejorar el medio ambiente con el lanzamiento de su maquinita MicroFueler, es sencillo, la maquina mezcla dos ingredientes y obtienes ethanol, en nuestro caso agua y azucar formandose después de algunas horas Ethanol E100, la compañía actualmente está negociando con los gobiernos ...
Ethanol: the Inconvenient Truth
2008-05-12 21:07:00 ethanol powered carPhoto by: homedad33Contrary to all the hype we now know that Ethanol is not the liquid filling the cup of the Holy Grail: it requires massive subsidies (In 2005 alone corn subsidies totaled $9.4 billion); it will never displace any significant amount of imported oil; it has a deleterious effect on air quality; and it's the major cause of the rise in food prices [George Edward Loper]. The subsidy process, aside from money, requires tremendous legislative efforts: acording to Global Subsidies Initiative [PDF] there are now in place hundreds of programs to subsidize nearly every stage of the ethanol and biodiesel supply chains. The National Biodiesel Board, for example, notes that it is tracking more than 160 pieces of legislation at the state level for biodiesel alone. It is not only air quality that suffers:Madville Times, 7 Dec 2007, Ethanol Pros and Cons: Energy Independence, But Poison BurgersOne of the great side-benefits of turning corn into ethanol is t...
Food Inflation, Ethanol Stocks and the Future
2008-05-09 20:56:00 Nearly a year ago we authored an article discussing the secular change in food and energy prices and their likely impact on inflation across the board. We suggested headline CPI was more realistic than the Federal Reserve even understood. We insisted that food and energy price rise would lead to embedded inflation, and rise in the Core CPI. There were two interesting articles published over the past couple days that add chapters to the inflation saga that is still in the midst of development. The IMF warned yesterday that global inflation was in fact a problem. An organization loaded with representatives who make a lot more money than me, the IMF, brilliantly reported that inflation had reemerged and that the drivers appeared to be "fundamental" in nature. Sound familiar? Yeah, you read that at The Greek last summer, when we said the drivers of food price rise were not seasonal, but secular in nature (a.k.a. IMF's fundamental), and should not be discounted as temporary noise that w...
We?re telling you for the last time, ethanol is not biodiesel
2008-05-09 05:20:00 Photo by merfam. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.Sure, you might be able to describe the difference between cellulosic ethanol made by Coskata and that made by Mascoma. Or, perhaps your biofuel knowledge is just right to explain how cellulosic ethanol and corn ethanol are different, and what each might mean to the environment. But trust me, the general public has a long way to go to understand what all these new fuel types are. Remember the posts about filling up with the wrong fuel?Anyway, I'd just like to point out this letter to the editor that appeared in today's Washington Post. In a May 3 editorial called "The Greening of Montgomery," the WaPo mangled the difference between biodiesel and ethanol, suggesting that while switching Montgomery County's fleet of diesel cars to biofuels would be a good move, because of the problems with ethanol, care should be taken. A reader, Lynne Tucker of Bethesda, wrote in to clarify just which biofuel can go into what type of eng...
How Green Are Biofuels? Comparison Chart [PIC]
2008-05-09 01:30:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date. Biofuels are increasingly lumped into a single category of environmentally apocalyptic dead-end solutions. As the food vs. fuel debate...
By: Green Options
MicroFueler Makes $1/gal Homebrew Ethanol From Sugar
2008-05-08 20:59:00 Homemade ethanol guru Floyd S. Butterfield and Silicon Valley entrepreneur and innovator Thomas J. Quinn want to see you making ethanol in your backyard. Their creation, called the E-Fuel 100...
By: Green Options
Mascoma Update: Cellulosic Ethanol Company Adds $10 Million From Marathon O
2008-05-08 01:06:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.AutoblogGreen reported today that the cellulosic ethanol company Mascoma has received another $10 million for research and development...
By: Green Options
Ethanol upside
2008-05-07 16:09:00 OK, I've finally found the bright side to corn-based ethanol: The rising price of corn might drive a stake into the heart of a major cause of obesity in the United States. Dow Jones reports, "Rapid increases in high-fructose corn syrup prices will encourage a return to sugar usage in U.S. soft drinks and foods ...
Cadillac CEO to Show Off Ethanol-Electric Chopper
2008-05-07 15:40:00 From The Raw Feed: Not content with leading a company that makes gas-guzzling monster cars and SUVs during an oil crisis, Cadillac boss Jim Taylor plans to show off a chopper at the Detroit Auto Show this year that runs on ethanol -- a HOG THAT RUNS ON FOOD-BASED FUEL during a glob
Cadillac-themed hybrid ethanol chopper coming to LA Auto Show
2008-05-07 09:57:00 Jim Taylor who is the chief from Cadillac seems to love his motorcycles, so it comes as no surprise to any of us that he has commissioned a Cadillac-themed chopper and will be bringing it to the LA Auto Show. If you thought that was great then you will be pleased to know that Cadillac ...
By: Product Reviews
Ethanol powered chopper from Cadillac to be shown in LA
2008-05-07 02:33:00 There was a time not too long ago that Lincoln and Cadillac fought over the high-end auto market in the United States. These days, the field is pretty much wild open for Caddy, though Lincoln still sells some nice vehicles. A few years ago, Lincoln commissioned the boys from Orange County to build a chopper commemorating the beginning of production of the Mark LT pickup. Cadillac apparently had to keep up, so the company will be showing off a new chopper at the upcoming LA Auto Show. This will actually be Cadillac's second commissioned bike, but this one is a bit special, as it's been designed to run on ethanol and will supposedly represent GM's "strength in science and technology." With all due respect to the builders of the bike, there's not a whole lot that's technologically advanced in a chopper built with a big fat rear tire and an air-cooled V-Twin, even one that has been jetted properly for alcohol fuel. Still, the machine should make a wee bit more power running on etha...
Unintended Consequences and the Ethanol Deathwatch
2008-05-06 22:13:00 The U.S.’s rush to grow corn for fuel has already been blamed for rising food costs that are pricing the world’s poor into hunger and malnutrition. But the high cost of corn is having...
By: Green Options
Is Ethanol Getting a Bum Rap?
2008-05-06 15:56:00 From BusinessWeek Online -- Technology: Corn-based fuel isn't the villain critics contend, but shifting to other crops is critical. Ethanol is taking a tumble. Once hyped as a magic brew for reducing both oil addiction and global warming, alcohol made from corn kernels is now be
Range Fuels expands funding to speed cellulosic-ethanol production
2008-05-05 18:05:00 Range Fuels expands funding to speed cellulosic-ethanol productionCompany lands $166 million, more than anticipated, to help complete a 20 million gallon-per-year plant next year that uses a gasification process. http:-//www.news.com/8301-111...
Second thoughts on (corn-based) ethanol
2008-05-05 16:04:00 Lost in the meaningless bickering among the presidential candidates over suspending the federal gasoline tax is some genuine news: Rising food prices are prompting second thoughts about corn-based ethanol — even from the candidate representing the home state of Archer Daniels Midland: Democrat Barack Obama said Sunday the federal government might need to rethink its support for ...
Free Driving Ethanol Educational Fun Pack
2008-05-04 22:45:00 http://www.drivingethanol.org/c-lassroom/index.html -it incldues: 50 Minute Educational Units (Crossover to 5 different subjects) 30 “Pump Ethanol” Books - an insightful story about how corn is produced to fuel America 30 Environmental Window Clings 30 Embroidered Athletic Wristbands 4 Children’s T-shirts (2 girls and 2 boys) 5 Matchbox Indy Cars 1 Poster/Game Board Activity Sheets (Crossword and Wordfind) Multiple Coloring Pages Interactive CD containing a fun ...
By: Free Stuff Times
Corn-Based Ethanol: Destroying Rainforests And Producing Twice The Carbon O
2008-05-04 05:07:00 It is becoming more and more clear that ethanol is not the savior of the Earth. It appears that biofules, at least ethanol when derived from corn, may be a disaster for the environment. The increased production of corn for ethanol may be to blame for: Destroying the Amazon jungle, Starting tortilla riots in Mexico ...
By: Dreadnaught
GM Announces New Cellulosic Ethanol Partnership with Mascoma Corp.
2008-05-01 21:38:00 General Motors announced today it would be entering into a strategic relationship with Mascoma Corp., a second-generation biofuel company with the technology to produce cellulosic ethanol from...
By: Green Options
Corn Rises for Eighth Straight Month, Pitting Ethanol Use Against Global Hu
2008-05-01 17:33:00 Against a backdrop of soaring worldwide food prices, riots over shortages and controversies about food crops being diverted for biofuels, U.S. corn prices jumped another 7% in April, the eighth-straight monthly advance. And the worst may be yet to come: Despite the rocketing price of corn and calls to step up production of corn-based ethanol, farmers ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Corn Rises for Eighth Straight Month, Pitting Ethanol Use Against Global Hunger", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/-01/corn-rises-for-eighth-straig-ht-month-pitting-ethanol-use-ag-ainst-global-hunger/" });
By: Jutia Group
GM plans to partner up with another cellulosic ethanol maker
2008-04-30 21:44:00 You probably remember that back in January of this year, General Motors announced that it was partnering up with Coskata to make cheap cellulosic ethanol using a process developed by Coskata which includes the use of microorganisms developed by Oklahoma State University and Oklahoma University. Coskata has apparently broken ground on a new plant that is being built in Pennsylvania. While Coskata appears to be moving along at a fine pace, Auto Observer is reporting that Coskata is not the only cellulosic ethanol provider that the General is interested in being attached to. GM said back in January that Coskata would not be the company's only biofuel partner. So far, everything sounds very "hush-hush" about this new partnership, but GM president Fritz Henderson is expected to make an announcement tomorrow in Washington D.C. We don't have any information on who America's largest automakers is partnering with, but we know that there are plenty of other companies currently working on c...
Biofuels Part I: Corn Ethanol Isn?t the Solution
2008-04-30 21:41:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.Written by Dr. Bill Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and lead author of the forthcoming blog The Green...
By: Green Options
Biofuels Part I: Corn Ethanol Isn?t the Solution
2008-04-30 21:41:00 Written by Dr. Bill Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and lead author of the forthcoming blog The Green Grok. This post is Part 1 of a 2-part series on biofuels. Today?s post...
By: Green Options
New ethanol sensor could make for safer biofuel refineries
2008-04-30 00:05:00 Every now and again, we hear a report about some dangerous explosion or accident at a biofuel refinery. While there are a variety of causes for these events, one way to prevent at least some of them is to identify when dangerous concentrations of fuel build up and disperse those gases. A new detector by Sensor Electronics of Minneapolis can identify that situation, and Domestic Fuel writes that the device "is thought to be ideal for protecting biofuel refineries." The small sensor can be used anywhere where ethanol will be pumped, processed or stored, and can "sniff" out ethanol and send a warning if the concentration gets too high. The sensor is only eight inches high and 2.5 inches in diameter and quite weatherproof, so it should be able to work in a lot of environments. [Source: Domestic Fuel] |
|
 |
|
 |
