More Hydrogen Could Boost Biofuel Yields

Seeking ways to improve biofuel production, Purdue researchers say a healthy helping of hydrogen could be just what the doctor ordered

Purdue University Professor of Chemical Engineering Rakesh Agrawal and his team have proposed a method of boosting the conversion of plant material, or biomass, into fuel by increasing the amount of hydrogen used in the process. In fact, Agrawal predicts that additional hydrogen can increase efficiency of the conversion process known as gasification by as much as one third.
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