Use of Nanotechnology for producing biofuel

26 August 2008

The conventional fuel such as gasoline, diesel is produced from crude oil, which is non-renewable source of energy and is available only for next 30-40 years. Resarchers throughout the globe are working round the clock so that they can find a suitable alternate source of the energy.

Scientists at US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University are working together for making syngas from gasification of waste material including garbage. The syngas, which is produced from gasification of organic waste is further converted to ethanol, a biofuel.

Although the gasification and conversion techniques are not new, however researchers have used nanocatalysts first time. These nanoscale catalysts have thousands of chanel and thus ultimately help in higher production of ethanol.

Coskata Inc. has made a collaboration with General Motors and it is in the process of building a $25 million pilot plant in Pennsylvania. It will make 40,000 gallons of ethanol from woody biomass and other industrial wastes.

Researchers at CSET (Center for Sustainable Environment Technologie) at Iowa State University has developed fluidized bed gasifiers so that the quality of syngas obtained through the process is maintained. Further the gas produced through the process can be used for other application also.

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