Ocean plastics could be converted into fuel onboard collection vessels, enabling them to power themselves, according to a new study stokkete/Depositphotos The model used by the scientists to explore the feasibility of this shipboard conversion of plastic waste into fuel sees booms placed 25 km (15...
Aside from the problem of disposal, there’s another nasty side to plastic: the source. It’s easy to forget that plastics are made from fossil fuels. About four per cent of the oil and gas we use annually goes into polymer production – which might not sound like a lot, but it still...
By combining the cellulose-breakdown and sugar-conversion steps, we are very close to a single-step method of converting raw biomass into a new platform chemical -- a chemical you can readily turn into a transportation fuel or for synthesis of plastics and other useful materials, said PNNL ...
Billions of pounds of plastic waste are littering the world's oceans. Now, a Ph.D. organic chemist and a sailboat captain report that they are developing a process to reuse certain plastics, transforming them from worthless trash into a valuable diesel fuel with a small mobile reactor. They ...
Catalytic method upcycles single-use plastic into high-quality liquid products. Single-use plastics might have more inherent value than you think. Researchers have developed a new method for upcycling abundant, seemingly low-value plastics into high-quality liquid products, such as motor oils...
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Omegaillustrates how the gluten-based material had a similar strength to fossil fuel-based plastics, yet broke down within 30 days in soil and didn’t impact either the germination or growth of grass seeds. The team says the design could allow future items to be molded into any shape or ...
A tree, for example, ‘breathes’ CO2 in, converts it into nutritious carbohydrates via photosynthesis, and ‘breathes’ oxygen (O2) out. Cut down that tree for firewood and you are utilizing the energy created by this all-natural CO2 to fuel converter. And if you plant a tree...
When microplastics/plastics meet metal–organic frameworks: turning threats into opportunities Author links open overlay panelPengfei Wu †, Mengting Guo †, Ran-Wei Zhang , Qing Huang , Guibin Wang , Ya-Qian Lan Show more Add to Mendeley Share Cite...
Liquid products obtained from pyrolysis of plastics and thermosets fractions (keyboard, casings and printed circuits board and their mixture) of used … [ Cornelia Vasile,MA Brebu,T Karayildirim,... - 《Fuel》 被引量: 109发表: 2007年 Energy production with light-industry biomass process residues...