Energy Department Backs New Way to Make Diesel from Corn
A novel chemical pathway could address the high cost of transporting cellulosic materials to make diesel fuel.
Within a year, a pilot plant in Indiana will start converting the stalks and leaves of corn plants into diesel and jet fuel. The plant will use a novel approach involving acid as well as processes borrowed from the oil and chemical industry, which its developers hope will make fuel at prices cheap enough to compete with petroleum.http://www.technologyreview.com/news/514206/energy-department-backs-new-way-to-make-diesel-from-corn/
Within a year, a pilot plant in Indiana will start converting the stalks and leaves of corn plants into diesel and jet fuel. The plant will use a novel approach involving acid as well as processes borrowed from the oil and chemical industry, which its developers hope will make fuel at prices cheap enough to compete with petroleum.http://www.technologyreview.com/news/514206/energy-department-backs-new-way-to-make-diesel-from-corn/
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