The Evolution of Biomass Engineering and Global Expansion The journey of BISON MACHINE, formerly known as the Hualong Machine Factory, illustrates the trajectory of the biomass industry over the last ...

Mahdi Abu-Omar, Purdue's R.B. Wetherill Professor of Chemistry, holds a small vial containing results of a new catalytic process that can convert the lignin in wood into high-value chemical products ...

Every year, gigatons of biomass from agricultural and forestry residues are discarded worldwide. This waste is rich in lignin ? an energy-dense but difficult-to-process molecule that ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers have demonstrated a new process to convert all biomass into liquid fuel, and the method could make possible mobile processing plants. The researchers at Purdue ...

While many investors focus on the compression power of pellet mills, the actual success of a facility often rests on a more subtle variable: moisture control. Processing raw biomass, particularly ...

Taking a chemical approach, researchers have developed a two-step method to convert the cellulose in raw biomass into a promising biofuel. The process is unprecedented in its use of untreated, ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Todd Thomas The global ...

Imagine the number of burnt trees left to clean up after a wildfire, or the volume of litter remaining after forest-thinning. California’s grappling with what to do with all this forest waste, ...