Green Options » UMass http://greenoptions.com/tag/umass Posts tagged 'UMass' Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:06:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Green Gasoline? Scientists Produce $1/Gallon Gasoline From Non-Food Plant Material http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/green-gasoline-scientists-produce-1gallon-gas-from-non-food-plant-material/ http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/green-gasoline-scientists-produce-1gallon-gas-from-non-food-plant-material/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:06:21 +0000 Clayton B. Cornell http://gas2.org/2008/04/09/green-gasoline-scientists-produce-1gallon-gas-from-non-food-plant-material/ gas, gas 2.0, biogasoline, science, research, biofuel, gasoline

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst have made a potentially ground-breaking discovery in the production of biofuels from sustainable, non-food sources.

By heating cellulosic plant material to between 750 and 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit in the presence of a catalyst, then quickly cooling it, the team of graduate students led by associate professor George W. Huber was able to produce a mixture of hydrocarbons identical to gasoline in less than two minutes. The conversion is a relatively simple, one-step process that could create biogasoline for as little as $1 per gallon.

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