By Sam A. Rushing, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest It is an oxymoron to put carbon dioxide and ‘green’ (as related to the positive environmental uses) together; however, this is a growing market, and a good thought for the biofuels industry, and other major CO2 emitters. This thought represents giving hope to CO2 […]
In Brazil, vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 5.6 percent, researchers report in the journal Nature Climate Change. This would be a massive undertaking, involving the conversion of hundreds of thousands of square miles – at its most ambitious, more […]
In New Jersey, two new studies of green algae have revealed new insights into how these organisms siphon carbon dioxide from the air for use in photosynthesis, a key factor in their ability to grow so quickly. Understanding this process may someday help researchers improve the growth rate of crops such as wheat and rice. […]
By Sam A. Rushing, Special to The Digest At this time, it could be a great opportunity for the right source to take a look at the possibilities of making money with CO2 production and distribution on their own; or even reevaluate the current production / supply arrangement with a current gas company supplier, before […]
Carbon dioxide — everyone wants to see less of it lying around, but what is it particularly good for? Our resident Grandmaster of CO2, Sam, Rushing, takes us through the green applications. By Sam A. Rushing, president, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd — special to The Digest WHEN CO2 is the subject of discussion, outside of those in the […]
By Sam A. Rushing – Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to the Digest This article on CO2 usage in the food industry is one in a series for the applications which are predominant and important in the carbon dioxide industry. This subject is particularly interesting to the US Corn Belt region, which contains some of the […]
In the EU, the use of rapeseed cake in the production of livestock feed cuts methane and carbon dioxide emissions by up to 13%, according to the initial results of the research carried out by Neiker-Tecnalia within the framework of the Life-Seed Capital Project. Specifically, the incorporation of this oilseed plant into animal food cuts […]
By Sam A. Rushing, President, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Background Perhaps the most logical approach to boosting revenues from biofuels projects, that being those which yield a CO2 by-product, such as fermentation, is the recovery, and subsequent refinement, and properly assessing the best suited market for the commodity. The same is applicable to the other so-called […]
By Sam A. Rushing. Background As of 2011, without the deployment of new merchant CO2 plants, there are about 36 standing CO2 plants today which are only fed by ethanol by-product raw gas. This represents about 32% of the total number of fermentation plants serving the merchant sector. The total number of merchant CO2 plants […]
In Illinois, researchers have found a way to convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide using an ionic liquid as a co-catalyst, reducing the amount of electrical energy required. A research team at the University of Illinois worked with researchers at Dioxide Materials, using an electrochemical cell as a flow reactor, which separated the oxygen output […]
