Chinese Scientists Develop Step to Cellulose Biomass
October 5th, 2008
Developing biomass from cellulose has been a key step for many, and two Chinese scientists (one based in China and one in the US) have developed a way using tungsten carbide to split the cellulose into its sugar components so that those components can be fermented into biomass.
Where this research may yield benefits is (1) the current starch based ethanol process is not scalable to the size needed and (2) moving to a cellulose based biomass would relieve the existing inflationary pressure on food stocks.
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