Breakthrough Ethanol Production

An interesting article on new methods of Ethanol production by a new company using a one-step process for converting cellulose into ethanol producing high concentrations of the fuel.

This week Qteros, a startup in Marlborough, MA, announced a major milestone. The company, which was founded after its founder discovered an organism that devours woody biomass and other cellulosic materials and excretes ethanol, has shown that the bacteria it uses can produce high concentrations of ethanol. The company says this makes its process for converting cellulosic plant materials into ethanol “more economical than any other process to date.”

Increasing the concentration of ethanol lowers the cost of ethanol production in many ways. As the bacteria break down plant matter, they produce a beer-like broth containing ethanol and water. The lower the concentration of ethanol in the water, the more expensive it becomes to distill pure ethanol (more water is needed for the process, and the processing plant needs to be bigger and more expensive).Read More here…

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