Alcohol fuel additives reduce air pollution. The question is whether ethanol is the right stuff, or whether there’s another form of alcohol that can reduce exhaust emissions without the bad side ...

Isobutanol may be able to reduce exhaust emissions without the bad side effects of ethanol. Isobutanol In Boats. As part of Boating‘s continuing isobutanol coverage, we tested B12.5’s performance ...

Simply put, isobutanol -- which can be produced out of corn starch, cellulosic materials, agricultural residues and other ethanol feedstocks -- is an alcohol that acts like a hydrocarbon.

Yeast already helps make bread and beer and cranks out the biofuel ethanol, but scientists believe it can be used to create an even more efficient fuel called isobutanol. Normally, yeast only creates ...

Gevo’s isobutanol can be used directly as a specialty chemical, as a gasoline and jet fuel blendstock, and through conversion into plastics, fibers, rubber and other polymers. Gevo will soon ...

Isobutanol, a 4-carbon alcohol, is readily converted into aviation fuel, an 8-carbon hydrocarbon. Bye Energy has an extensive network of airport owners and operators who service propeller planes.

“While it’s not as high as ethanol (112-113), it is still relatively high compared to gasoline,” Aden said. “Isobutanol has an octane rating of 102 and gasoline is in the range of 91-99.” ...

Unlike certain other biofuels, isobutanol can be used directly as is, requiring no refining. The bacteria produce the alcohol continuously, releasing it into their fluid environment, from which it ...

Inexpensive biofuels: Isobutanol made directly from cellulose Date: March 7, 2011 Source: DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Summary: In the quest for inexpensive biofuels, cellulose proved no ...

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For the first time, researchers have succeeded in producing isobutanol – a potential gasoline replacement – directly from cellulosic plant matter using bacteria.

Englewood-based biofuel company Gevo said Tuesday that it has signed a joint development agreement with Beta Renewables to create a process for the production of bio-based isobutanol. Analysts ...