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Bio-enriching gasoline

Nature Energy volume 3, pages 917–918 (2018)Cite this article

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Combining biofuel synthesis with petrorefinery operations may provide efficiency benefits, but procedures to do so are not yet well-established. Now, researchers describe a two-phase catalytic scheme for production of 10% bio-enriched gasoline by directly using petroleum fractions in the catalytic processing of (hemi)cellulose.

The ever-growing use of fossil-derived transportation fuels contributes to the increasing global levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide1. To mitigate the adverse environmental impact caused by these greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and to decrease societal dependence on non-renewable petroleum, several directives have been put forward worldwide to stimulate the use of liquid energy carriers derived from renewable resources2,3,4. For example, the European Union aims for a 20% reduction in GHG emissions by 2020, largely by ensuring that at least 10% of transportation fuels are bio-based. The United States are aiming to use 36 billion gallons of biofuels, including advanced biofuels, by 2022 (ref. 3).

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Fig. 1: Established and emerging strategies for increasing bio-based carbon content in gasoline.

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Barta, K. Bio-enriching gasoline. Nat Energy 3, 917–918 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0264-3

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