Green Options » Ames http://greenoptions.com/tag/ames Posts tagged 'Ames' Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:15:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Gasification: Ultra-Cheap Biofuel From Any Carbon Source http://gas2.org/2008/08/18/gasification-ultra-cheap-biofuel-from-any-carbon-source/ http://gas2.org/2008/08/18/gasification-ultra-cheap-biofuel-from-any-carbon-source/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:15:44 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/08/18/gasification-ultra-cheap-biofuel-from-any-carbon-source/ Microporous Syngas-Ethanol CatalystUnder a new research directive at Ames National Laboratory, scientists are honing in on a way to perfect a process called gasification to create cheap ethanol from almost any carbon source without fermentation.

If they’re successful, crops, agricultural waste, lawn clippings, raked leaves, sewage sludge and garbage could all be turned into ethanol using the same efficient process, in the same facility, under one roof.

We’ve covered the process of gasification for ethanol production before, but this new research appears to be a huge step forward in making ethanol using gasification.

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