Green Options » Avantium http://greenoptions.com/tag/avantium Posts tagged 'Avantium' Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:29:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Furfural May Be the Future of Easy and Cheap Biofuels http://gas2.org/2008/08/11/furfural-may-be-the-future-of-easy-and-cheap-biofuels/ http://gas2.org/2008/08/11/furfural-may-be-the-future-of-easy-and-cheap-biofuels/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:29:31 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/08/11/furfural-may-be-the-future-of-easy-and-cheap-biofuels/ Researchers at the University of California, Davis have developed an easy, efficient and inexpensive method for transforming raw plant material directly into a fuel called furfural without any fermentation. Furfural can be substituted for diesel.

The current, most widely adopted process for making second generation cellulosic fuel — “celluline” — involves the use of acids, enzymes and fermenting microbes to get from the harvested plant material to a fuel that is usable in your car’s engine.

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