News tagged with wood chips
Cooking better biochar: Study improves recipe for soil additive
Backyard gardeners who make their own charcoal soil additives, or biochar, should take care to heat their charcoal to at least 450 degrees Celsius to ensure that water and nutrients get to their plants, according ...
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Scientists save energy by lubricating wood
(PhysOrg.com) -- A little bit of lubrication could make a big energy saving when manufacturing sustainable biofuels and bio-chemicals from timber, according to research published in the journal Green Chemistry this month. ...
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Virdia gets $100 million to start cellulose ethanol plant
(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite calls for finding alternatives to using corn to make biofuel, the United States currently has no such commercial biomass-to-sugar processing plants able to do so. That may soon change ...
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Mar 09, 2012 |
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Wood chips help curb nitrate leaching
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wood chips can significantly stem nitrate flow from crop fields into the surrounding watershed, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study.
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Supercritical water could lead to biomass-to-fuel conversion on a large scale
(PhysOrg.com) -- Converting agricultural waste into vehicle fuel has so far been an enticing yet elusive endeavor, at least on the industrial scale. But recently the Georgia-based company Renmatix has taken ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Researchers produce cheap sugars for sustainable biofuel production
Iowa State University's Robert C. Brown keeps a small vial of brown, sweet-smelling liquid on his office table.
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Vermont capital residents OK wood-heating system
(AP) -- Vermont's capital city is going ahead with a plan to expand state government's wood-fired heating system into city schools and government buildings.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 15, 2011 |
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New biofuels processing method for mobile facilities
Chemical engineers at Purdue University have developed a new method to process agricultural waste and other biomass into biofuels, and they are proposing the creation of mobile processing plants that would ...
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Avoid Inviting Termites to 'Dinner' at Your House
It is the nightmare of many a homeowner: Termites merrily eating away at the family castle.
Mar 26, 2009 |
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