{"id":557,"date":"2010-08-18T09:23:26","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T13:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=557"},"modified":"2010-08-18T09:23:26","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T13:23:26","slug":"biofuels-plant-produces-first-cellulosic-methanol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=557","title":{"rendered":"Biofuels Plant Produces First Cellulosic Methanol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Logs_200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-487\" title=\"Logs_200\" src=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Logs_200.jpg\" alt=\"Cut logs (Okko Pyykk\u00f6\/Flickr)\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Logs_200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Logs_200-150x149.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rangefuels.com\/\">Range Fuels Inc.<\/a> plant in Soperton, Georgia &#8212; the company&#8217;s first commercial biofuels plant &#8212; has produced its first cellulosic methanol, using non-food biomass as the feedstock.<\/p>\n<p>The first phase of the plant&#8217;s operations uses Range Fuels&#8217; two-step thermo-chemical process, which combines heat, pressure, and steam to convert non-food feedstocks, such as woody biomass and grasses, into a synthesis gas composed of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The synthetic gas is then passed over a catalyst to produce mixed alcohols that are separated and processed to yield a variety of low-carbon biofuels, including cellulosic ethanol and methanol.<\/p>\n<p>The company says cellulosic methanol produced from Phase 1 will be used to produce biodiesel, which can replace diesel oil in transportation fuel markets. It can also replace diesel in heating applications, and be used as a fuel additive in gasoline-powered motor vehicles, or to power fuel cells.<\/p>\n<p>The plant&#8217;s initial raw materials will come from woody biomass generated by nearby timber operations. The company plans to experiment with other herbaceous feedstocks, such as miscanthus and switchgrass.<\/p>\n<p>Range Fuels plans to begin production of cellulosic ethanol from the plant in the third quarter this year. The company says its cellulosic ethanol will meet ASTM standards for fuel-grade ethanol and will be used to displace gasoline in local and regional transportation fuel markets.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: <a onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','www.flickr.com']);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/data_op\/2575797856\/\">Okko Pyykk\u00f6\/Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Range Fuels Inc. plant in Soperton, Georgia &#8212; the company&#8217;s first commercial biofuels plant &#8212; has produced its first cellulosic methanol, using non-food biomass as the feedstock. The first phase of the plant&#8217;s operations uses Range Fuels&#8217; two-step thermo-chemical process, which combines heat, pressure, and steam to convert non-food feedstocks, such as woody biomass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[36,20],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-products","tag-biofuels","tag-manufacturing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":561,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}