Two-Step Chemical Process Turns Raw Biomass into Biofuel
Submitted by admin on February 10, 2009 – 7:27 amNo Comment
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a two-step method to convert the cellulose in raw biomass into a promising biofuel. The key to the new process is the first step, in which cellulose is converted into the “platform” chemical 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), from which a variety of valuable commodity chemicals can be made. READ MORE
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