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Showing 1 to 20 of 160 for “"Biofuel production"”.
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Pathway optimization and engineering for biofuel production
… is paramount for effective and economical production of biofuels and specialty chemicals. One such significant pathway is the cellobiose utilization pathway, identified as a promising route for efficient biomass utilization. Here we describe the simultaneous optimization of the …
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Algae and cyanobacteria platforms for engineering biofuel production
… to provide the feedstock for sustainable liquid biofuel production. In particular, genetic manipulations in conjunction with nutritional triggers were used to redirect carbon into lipid biosynthesis. Wild-type and starch mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a well-established model green alga, …
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Algae and cyanobacteria platforms for engineering biofuel production
… to provide the feedstock for sustainable liquid biofuel production. In particular, genetic manipulations in conjunction with nutritional triggers were used to redirect carbon into lipid biosynthesis. Wild-type and starch mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a well-established model green alga, …
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Quantitative policy analysis for aviation biofuel production technologies
… on the economic viability of six aviation biofuel production technologies. The pathways considered are isobutanol to jet from corn grain, hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) from inedible fats and oils (IFO), HEFA from palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD), synthesized iso-paraffins …
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Assessment of wastewater algae for use in biofuel production
… municipal wastewater sources could be potential biofuel feedstocks by assessing their growth and fatty acid accumulation. When comparing wastewater derived algae to culture collection strains there was no significant difference (p>0.05) in terms of growth rates under photoautotrophic and …
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Bird use of heterogeneous native prairie biofuel production plots
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Fast microwave-assisted thermochemical conversion of biomass for biofuel production
… in biomass pyrolysis and gasification for the production of bio-oil and syngas, respectively. In addition, in order to utilize the syngas produced, a single-step process was investigated for converting syngas to dimethyl ether (DME) on various bifunctional catalysts. In Chapter 2, the microwave …
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Torrefaction and Steam Explosion of Selected Biomass for Biofuel Production
… great potential as feedstock for pellet production, notwithstanding the fact that the industrial production of pellet is faced with some economic challenges. Pretreatment research has been focused on identifying, evaluating, developing, and demonstrating promising approaches that enhance …
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Genetic engineering of sorghum and switchgrass for improved biofuel production
Biofuels, energy sources generated from biomass, have been seen as a potential route to meet energy demand and avoid political instability and environmental issues worldwide. Switchgrass has been considered as an excellent feedstock for biofuels due to the high cellulosic content, wide adaptation …
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Improving barley for biofuel production – efficient transformation for lignin manipulation
Cost effective production of biofuel from plant biomass (second generation biofuels) is currently a key challenge. To achieve this, accessibility of plant cell wall polysaccharides to chemical, enzymatic and microbial digestion could be improved by altering lignin structure and composition or by …
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Environmental remediation and biofuel production through nanoparticle stimulation of yeast
… semiconductor system. We show an increase in the production of ethanol, a common biofuel, through the electron transfer stimulated by biologically produced cadmium sulfide nanoparticles and light. This work provides a basis on which to improve the production of many metabolites and products …
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Characterization Of OleTJE-SOR Fusion Enzymes For Use In Biofuel Production.
North Carolina State University Theses Biochemistry.
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Harvesting natural algal blooms for concurrent biofuel production and hypoxia mitigation
… and conversion of the harvested biomass into biofuels. An engineering model was developed to compare the energy efficiency of different harvesting methods and biofuel conversion techniques. The modeling data was largely compiled from a variety of literature sources, but was also supplemented …
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Switchgrass potential on reclaimed surface mines for biofuel production in West Virginia
… interest in, and development of renewable biofuels. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), a warm season perennial grass, has been investigated as a source of biofuel feedstock due to its high biomass production on marginal soils, its tolerance of harsh growing conditions, and its ability to …
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Strain engineering and biosensor development for efficient biofuel production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
… is an attractive approach to enhance the production of cellulosic ethanol, fatty alcohols and other advanced biofuels. Production of cellulosic ethanol from lignocelluloses has attracted a lot of interest and significant improvement has been made to construct and optimize the recombinant …
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Integrated supply chain design for sustainable and resilient development of biofuel production
The U.S. biofuel industry has been experiencing phenomenal growth during the last decade, which may be partially attributed to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. With such a sharp increase in biofuel demand, ethanol manufacturing infrastructure must …
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Plant cell wall degrading enzymes and their potential application to biofuel production
… fix CO2 into carbohydrates. Thus, combustion of biofuels, derived from plant biomass, can be considered a potentially carbon neutral process. Plants cell walls which are composed mostly of lignocellulosic materials (lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose) are recalcitrant and are difficult to …
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Analysis and Simulation of Switchgrass Harvest Systems for Large-scale Biofuel Production
… and Security Act of 2007 mandates the annual production of 136 billion liters of renewable fuel in the US by 2022 (US Congress, 2007). As the nation moves towards energy independence, it is critical to address the current challenges associated with large-scale biofuel production. The biomass …
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Development of a Small Scale Continuous Hydrolysis Process for Drop In Biofuel Production.
North Carolina State University Theses Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
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