Simple Direct Conversion from Plant Cellulose to “Green Gasoline”
April 28th, 2008 by Elliott Maynard
Researchers recently made a breakthrough in developing a “Green Gasoline,” a liquid which is similar to ordinary gasoline, but can be created from sustainable biomass sources such as Switchgrass, or Popular Trees. University of Massachusetts scientists rapidly heated Cellulose in the presence of solid Zeolite Catalysts, then rapidly cooled the mix, to create a liquid that contains many of the same compounds found in ordinary gasoline. The entire process took under two minutes to completion, and used only moderate amounts of heat energy. To read the full story CLICK HERE.