Not exact matches
With good compatibility with gasoline infrastructure,
isobutanol has properties that could make it a direct substitute for gas
as a vehicle fuel.
A team of researchers at Princeton University has developed a way to cause yeast to produce more
isobutanol, a possible candidate for use
as a biofuel.
The advantage of
isobutanol, he said, is that unlike some other biofuels, it does not freeze at 15,000 feet and continues burning very well in the subzero temperatures
as high
as 35,000 feet.
Already, the researchers have demonstrated how the system can be used to create compounds such
as isobutanol, isopentanol and PHB, a bio-plastic precursor.