agricultural waste Archives

Korean Researchers Convert Agricultural Waste into Aviation Biofuel

SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team from the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) said Thursday they have developed technology capable of converting agricultural waste, such as corn cobs, into levulinic acid. This acid serves as an intermediate material for aviation biofuel production. Levulinic acid is the final oxidized form derived from [...]

Research Institute Develops New Enzymatic Process that Uses Agricultural Waste to Produce Bio Fuels and Plastics

DAEJEON, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Energy Research said on Thursday that its research team had developed a new enzymatic process that can produce bio fuels and plastics using agricultural waste. The newly-developed enzymatic process can produce 4-hydroxy valeric acid, an intermediate ingredient for bio fuels and bio plastics, using non-edible [...]