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... Supercapacitive biofuel cells’ (SBFCs) most recent advancements are herein disclosed. In conventional SBFCs the biocomponent is employed as the pseudocapacitive component, while in self-charging biodevices it also works as the biocatalyst. The performance of different types of SBFCs are summarized according to the categorization based on the biocatalyst employed: supercapacitive microbial fuel cel ...
biofuels, etc ; biomass; commercialization; feedstocks; lignocellulose; pyrolysis; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Catalytic pyrolysis has been widely explored for bio-oil production from lignocellulosic biomass owing to its high feasibility and large-scale production potential. The aim of this review was to summarize recent findings on bio-oil production through catalytic pyrolysis using lignocellulosic biomass as feedstock. Lignocellulosic biomass, structural components and fundamentals of biomass catalytic ...
biofuels, etc ; biomass; hydrogen; hydroxymethylfurfural; nanocatalysts; oxygen; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The interface site between metal and support possess unique electronic and morphological structure, providing distinct active centers for favorable reaction in catalytic conversion of biomass derivatives to valuable chemicals. In this study, a series of Cu-Co/CeOₓ catalysts were prepared for hydrogenolysis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) via reduction of the correspondi ...
biofuels, etc ; fuel production; synthetic biology; yeasts; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Increasing concerns of environmental impacts and global warming calls for urgent need to switch from use of fossil fuels to renewable technologies. Biofuels represent attractive alternatives of fossil fuels and have gained continuous attentions. Through the use of synthetic biology it has become possible to engineer microbial cell factories for efficient biofuel production in a more precise and ef ...
biofuels, etc ; biomass; energy; humans; lignocellulose; microalgae; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The development and application of bioenergy and biofuels conversion technology can play a significant role for the production of renewable and sustainable energy sources in the future. However, the complexity of bioenergy systems and the limitations of human understanding make it difficult to build models based on experience or theory for accurate predictions. Recent developments in data science ...
biofuels, etc ; carbon; chemical structure; electrochemistry; polymerization; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The electrochemical method has emerged as a novel option for bio-oil upgrading due to the advantages of having mild reaction conditions, control convenience and carbon neutrality. Bio-oil is easy to form coke even at low current densities during electrochemical upgrades of bio-oil. Unveiling the coke evolution during the electrochemical processing of bio-oil is essential to enable both oil-to-mate ...
biofuels, etc ; Jatropha; apomixis; microsatellite repeats; progeny; Show all 5 Subjects
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... In the present study, we aimed to estimate the upper limit of apomixis occurring in Jatropha under field conditions. We used unlinked microsatellite and AFLP markers on progeny arrays of six individuals which were designed to facilitate the detection of apomixis events more efficiently than previous reports. With 5-7 microsatellite markers, 5 of 90 progenies were identical to their maternal parent ...
biofuels, etc ; cattle manure; liquids; pyrolysis; statistical analysis; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Microscale pyrolysis reactors are used to predict the properties of pyrolysis products and/or optimize operating conditions. However, a major challenge encountered with these systems concerns reactor scale-up, since the conception of an equivalent large-scale configuration involves a complex step of mathematical analysis of the process. Furthermore, the effect of scale for different reactor config ...
biofuels, etc ; bioreactors; carotenoids; industrial applications; microalgae; polysaccharides; Show all 6 Subjects
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... During the last two decades, microalgae have attracted increasing interest, both commercially and scientifically. Commercial potential involves utilizing valuable natural compounds, including carotenoids, polysaccharides, and polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are widely applicable in food, biofuel, and pharmaceutical industries. Conversely, scientific potential focuses on bioreactors for producin ...
biofuels, etc ; biorefining; life cycle assessment; microalgae; viability; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Microalgal biorefineries represent an opportunity to economically and environmentally justify the production of bioproducts. The generation of bioproducts within a biorefinery system must quantitatively demonstrate its viability in displacing traditional fossil-based refineries. To this end, several works have conducted life cycle analyses on microalgal biorefineries and have shown technological b ...
biofuels, etc ; biomass; catalytic activity; green chemistry; pyrolysis; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The past decades have witnessed increasing interest in developing pyrolysis pathways to produce high-quality chemicals from biomass. However, the numerous defects of bio-oil produced by biomass pyrolysis severely restrict its further application. A promising upgrading technology is considered to be the application of catalytic methods in biomass pyrolysis. Among various catalysts, metal catalysts ...
biofuels, etc ; biotechnology; climate change; feedstocks; greenhouse gases; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Oxo chemicals are valuable chemicals for synthesizing a wide array of industrial and consumer products. However, producing of oxo chemicals is predominately through the chemical process called hydroformylation, which requires petroleum-sourced materials and generates abundant greenhouse gas. Current concerns on global climate change have renewed the interest in reducing greenhouse gas emissions an ...
biofuels, etc ; Jatropha curcas; biolubricants; friction; petroleum; viscosity; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The following study explores the viability of using jatropha biolubricant to improve on and potentially replace traditional petroleum-based lubricants, as the resource becomes increasingly scarce. Jatropha biolubricant was blended with a semi-synthetic oil at various concentrations, and rheological and tribological properties were assessed. Properties investigated include viscosity, sound velocity ...
biofuels, etc ; activation energy; biomass; pyrolysis; temperature; torrefaction; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The torrefaction pretreatment is of great significance to the efficient conversion of biomass residues into bioenergy. In this study, the effects of the three torrefaction temperatures (200, 250, and 300 °C) on the pyrolysis performance and products of coffee grounds (CG) were quantified. The torrefaction treatment increased the initial devolatilization and maximum peak temperatures of the CG pyro ...
biofuels, etc ; Fischer-Tropsch reaction; biogasification; cold; exergy; steam; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The aim of this work is to evaluate the energy and exergy efficiencies at the system and subsystem level of different Integrated biomass Gasification coupled to Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (IGFT) configurations. The combination of the first and second law analysis provides a comprehensive understanding of the different analyzed systems and, in particular, of the peculiarities of hot gas cleaning. Fo ...
biofuels, etc ; analytical chemistry; chromatography; proteome; proteomics; rapid methods; Show all 6 Subjects
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... While much effort has been placed on comprehensive quantitative proteome analysis, certain applications demand the measurement of only a few target proteins from complex systems. Traditional approaches to targeted proteomics rely on nanoliquid chromatography (nLC) and targeted mass spectrometry (MS) methods, e.g., parallel reaction monitoring (PRM). However, the time requirement for nLC can limit ...
biofuels, etc ; body temperature; energy; humans; solar radiation; sweat; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Autonomous energy systems are key to sustainably powering electronic skins. Potential autonomous energy resources include sunlight, human motion, sweat, and body heat, among which the biofuel in human sweat is a most natural and available candidate. In this perspective, we discuss the promise of wearable microbial fuel cells as autonomous power suppliers for electronic skins by using the biofuels ...
biofuels, etc ; cameras; computer software; fire detection; fire safety; Show all 5 Subjects
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... With the recent growing usage of bio-fuels the need for fire detection in outdoor bio-fuel depots has increased, and several fire detection technologies for this purpose have been proposed. We consider the use of thermal cameras and present the problem of designing the placement of such cameras. Bio-fuel depots are often large and it might be prohibitively expensive to surveil the complete areas o ...
biofuels, etc ; biomass; biotechnology; cell walls; lignocellulose; models; xylanases; Show all 7 Subjects
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... BACKGROUND: Substrate accessibility remains a key limitation to the efficient enzymatic deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass. Limited substrate accessibility is often addressed by increasing enzyme loading, which increases process and product costs. Alternatively, considerable efforts are underway world-wide to identify amorphogenesis-inducing proteins and protein domains that increase the ac ...
biofuels, etc ; industry; politics; remote sensing; statistics; wastes; Sweden; Show all 7 Subjects
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... In this study, NASA’s VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) fire hotspots and data of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), collected between 2012 and 2018, was integrated to characterize waste fire incidents that were detected by VIIRS and reported to MSB (DaR), detected by VIIRS but not reported to MSB (DbNR) and that are reported to MSB but not detected by VIIRS (RbND). Resu ...