Category: General

Wood Science 101(3) – Lignin

You’d be hard pressed to find a material more universally researched right now than lignin. It’s the second most abundant organic polymer on earth, behind cellulose. It’s what makes trees stand upright, what makes wood hold its shape, and what makes furniture support your weight when you sit on it. Lignin is everywhere in the biological realm, plays a huge part in maintaining the earth’s carbon cycle, and therefore, the environmental stability of the world, and is still one of the primary foci of the world’s scientific community.
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Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS2) Regulatory Impact Analysis

Revisions of the Renewable Fuel Standard Program for the implementation of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
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An Experimental Investigation on Performance, Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Diesel- Biodiesel Blends with Isobutanol as an Additive

Biodiesel with fuel additives has been gaining increased attention from engine researchers in view of the energy crisis and increasing environmental problems. The present work is aimed at experimental investigation of isobutanol as an additive to the diesel-biodiesel blends.
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