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Orange Peels, Newspapers May Lead to Cheaper, Cleaner Ethanol Fuel

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make it more logical

charlie Nand 9:39PM May 03, 2010

make it more logical

charlie Nand 9:38PM May 03, 2010

Huge breakthrough.
I'm hoping Dr. Daniell will share this technology with everyone, rather than allow it to be monopolized by huge corporations for the primary benefit of stockholders, instead of the people at large.

A Free-Market-loving Anti-Capitalist of UT 12:50PM February 26, 2010

Ethanol from corn is expensive and has its own environmental impact. It also disrupts the farm economy and food costs.
We are currently paying to handle waste, such as orange peels and other plant waste that could be used for the production of ethanol.
This could also reduce the economic distortion that the petroleum producing countries are able to cause.
It could be the start of a program in which the United States could take the lead.

Scott Leeseberg of FL 1:16PM February 23, 2010

More feed stock for ethanol is helpful. But the big gains for ethanol will be made from the conversion to a new distillation process. " Low pressure, low temperature Reverse Flow distillation in a CO2 environment" has the potential to reduce ethanol production costs by as much as 40-50%!
Because of the age old distillation blocks in conventional "high pressure, high temperature oxygen environment", the ethanol must be distilled three times to get to purity. A Reverse Flow process gets to purity in one step.

Leonardo Bowers of CA 10:24AM February 23, 2010

I really appreciate the work of the National Science Foundation. Our scientists are to be commended for the ongoing work they do to make our world a better and more efficient place to live in.
However, I am concerned as to how do we convince Washington and the corn-growing people to take hold of and impliment this new greener cleaner fuel of the future? That in itself will be quite a feat in itself...but, let's go for it!!!

Randall Laraway of OH 8:18PM February 22, 2010