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Nanocrystalline ZnO Obtained by the Thermal Decomposition of [Zn(H2O)(O2C5H7)(2)] in 1-Butanol: Synthesis and Testing as a Sensing Material

Thomas Maeder

The influence of conditions of heat treatment of a solution [Zn(H2O)(O2C5H7)(2)] in 1-butanol (temperature 125-185 degrees C, treatment times 2, 4, and 6 h) on dispersion and microstructure of the formed nanocrystalline and poorly aggregated zinc oxide, pr ...
MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER2018

Application of Machine Learning and Mathematical Programming in the Optimization of the Energy Management System for Hybrid-Electric Vessels Having Cyclic Operations

Francesco Baldi, Navid Mohammadzadeh

Shipping contributes today to 2.1% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and its share is expected to grow in the coming years. At the same time, fuel prices are increasing and companies of the related increase in operational costs. This demands ...
2018

Assessing the sustainability of biofuel production from camelina in Spain, results of the ITAKA project - analysis of GHG emissions

Massimiliano Capezzali, Mélanie Guittet

Purpose With the rapid growth and increased consumption of biofuels worldwide, and the multitude of policy decisions supporting this expansion, growing concerns about the biofuels sustainability have arisen. Therefore, the European project ITAKA, aiming at ...
2018

Characterization of iron reduction in Clostridium acetobutylicum mutants obtained by targeted and transposon mutagenesis

Matthieu Jonas Valentin Amos

Iron reduction in Gram-positive bacteria is not well understood yet, even if it has been investigated in some extent for Gram-positive bacteria. The mechanisms involved in the delivery of electrons to a solid terminal electron acceptor like iron oxides hav ...
2017

Production of monomers from lignin during depolymerisation of lignocellulose-containing composition

Jeremy Luterbacher, Li Shuai

The present invention relates to a method for preparing monomers via depolymerisation from lignocellulose-containing biomass. ...
2017

Discovery and evaluation of novel pathways for production of methyl ethyl ketone

Vassily Hatzimanikatis, Ljubisa Miskovic, Meriç Ataman, Noushin Hadadi, Milenko Tokic

The limited supply of fossil fuels and environmental reasons shifted research in industry and academia towards finding their replacements. An important part of these efforts is focused on a sustainable production of the 2nd generation of biofuels. Among ma ...
2017

A synthetic biology approach to engineering living photovoltaics

Ardemis Anoush Boghossian

The ability to electronically interface living cells with electron accepting scaffolds is crucial for the development of next-generation biophotovoltaic technologies. Although recent studies have focused on engineering synthetic interfaces that can maximiz ...
Royal Soc Chemistry2017

Life Cycle Assessment of Sugar Crops and Starch-Based Integrated Biorefineries

Edgard Gnansounou, Elia Mercedes Ruiz Pachon, Pavel Vaskan

Sugar crops or starch based integrated biorefinery incorporates second (2G) generation ethanol production based on abundant lignocellulose feedstock into first (1G) generation ethanol production process with a possibility to issue various co-products such ...
Elsevier2017

Sustainability and certification for aviation biofuels

Massimiliano Capezzali, Mélanie Guittet

With the rapid growth and increased consumption of biofuels worldwide, and the multitude of policy decisions supporting this expansion, growing concerns about the biofuels sustainability have arisen. Therefore, the European project "ITAKA", aiming at suppo ...
2016

The influence of interunit carbon–carbon linkages during lignin upgrading

Jeremy Luterbacher, Masoud Talebi Amiri, Li Shuai

The cleavage of β-O-4 linkages in lignin can generate monomers with a phenyl propane structure that can easily be upgraded into valuable hydrocarbon biofuels and renewable aromatic chemicals. High-yield lignin monomer production from extracted (or technica ...
2016

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