Researchers from US and China have successfully produced gasoline, diesel and jet fuel by thermochemical conversion of duckweed, a fast-growing floating plant that turns ponds and lakes green The research is reported in the journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2013, DOI: 10.1021/ie3034703). Christodoulos A. Floudas, Xin Xiao and colleagues explain that duckweed, an aquatic plant that floats on or near the surface of still or slow-moving freshwater, is ideal as a raw material for biofuel production. It grows fast, thrives in wastewater that has no other use, does not impact the food supply and can be harvested more easily… Login to continue

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