Dow and DOE to invest in biomass-toethanol process
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Weight
- 52 KB
- Volume
- 2008
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1351-4180
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โฆ Synopsis
The process will use a gasification technique to transform non-food biobased materials, including corn leaves or wood waste, into synthesis gas, which will be converted into a mixture of alcohols, such as ethanol, using a mixed alcohols catalyst from Dow. The partnership will work mainly on enhancing the catalyst and assessing the pilot-
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