Sentences with phrase «on ethanol use»

The study, «Trans - generational transmission of the effect of gestational ethanol exposure on ethanol use - related behavior,» was published Feb. 15 in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

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(Most gasoline contains 10 % ethanol, but regulators have approached E-15 (15 % ethanol) for use in vehicles manufactured from 2001 on, and all new car warranties approve the use of E-15.)

«The study says it will be very hard to make a biofuel that has a better greenhouse gas impact than gasoline using corn residue,» which puts it in the same boat as corn - based ethanol, said David Tilman, a professor at the University of Minnesota who has done research on biofuels» emissions from the farm to the tailpipe.

16 Ethanol was widely used as an industrial fuel in America until a tax on alcoholic beverages, levied to help pay for the Civil War, prompted a switch to kerosene and methanol.

The team achieved better hydrogen yields using methanol and ethanol as starting materials but because glucose can be derived from plant waste such as wood pulp, straw and leftovers from corn production, the scientists will continue to work on their approach.

On the one hand, on using ethanol the speed of reaction is very much greater and, thus, there is a greater capacity of production of the reactorOn the one hand, on using ethanol the speed of reaction is very much greater and, thus, there is a greater capacity of production of the reactoron using ethanol the speed of reaction is very much greater and, thus, there is a greater capacity of production of the reactors.

But experts at a major scientific meeting today described how ethanol blends used as fuel in the race cars of the Indianapolis 500 actually make those emissions cleaner than cars on the street.

But one industry group — ethanol producers — is noting Pruitt's past differences with Trump on another hot - button EPA issue: the law that mandates the use of the crop - based gasoline additive.

Using enzymes extracted from Escherichia coli bacteria, her team built an enzymatic fuel cell two years ago that runs on ethanol and can be attached directly to a circuit.

To find out, Xu and his adviser Sidney Nagel along with colleague Wendy Zhang used high - speed photography to study the splash of ethanol drops as they landed on a glass plate inside a vacuum chamber.

Indeed, biofuels aren't really a stretch — humans have been using microorganisms to ferment plants into ethanol ever since Stone Age people began making beer around 10,000 B.C. Today's work hinges on engineering a perfect microbe that will eat the entirety of a plant, retain only a little of this food for itself and spew out the rest as a high - energy fuel.

The catalyst works on bio-based ethanol to create isobutene used in plastics and other products.

They then used light to turn on a chemical process that activates enzymes that naturally allow yeast to grow and multiply by eating glucose and secreting ethanol.

Khanna says that a price on carbon would be one way to equalize the cost of using gasoline and ethanol for consumers when filling up their tank.

The team focused on yeast in part because of its important modern - day applications; yeasts are used to convert the sugars of biomass feedstocks into biofuels such as ethanol and industrial chemicals such as lactic acid, or to break down organic pollutants.

Cellulose is difficult to break down and ferment, but several facilities in the United States are on the verge of making commercial cellulosic ethanol — for example, by using specialist enzymes to break down the long - chain cellulose molecules — and Brazil doesn't want to be left behind.

Safety regulations on the space station prohibited the use of the standard fixing solution of ethanol, chloroform and acetic acid, but after much testing, the scientists developed an alternative based on a mixture of acetic acid, ethanol and distilled water.

With the help of Liva Harinantenaina, a research scientist working with Kingston, the team honed in on an ethanol extract of Mallotus oppositfolius, a West African tropical flowering plant often used as a chewing stick in Nigeria but not fully studied in the scientific world.

[5] One study that focused on hospital employees found that over 30 % exhaled low levels of ethanol just one minute after using hand sanitizer.

Products that contain simple alcohols, like isopropyl or ethanol, are used in skincare to help accelerate the rate at which a product dries on your skin.

The 5.3 - liter V - 8 in the 1500 can run on regular gas or E85 ethanol and uses Active Fuel Management to shut down cylinders to improve fuel economy.

Legislation requires retailers to label fuels containing ethanol on the dispenser, and limits ethanol use to 10 % of gasoline in Australia.

Both engines use regular gasoline and have the ability to run on an E85 gasoline / ethanol blend.

On 23 June 2011, Chevrolet Thailand unveiled the updated the Captiva using the new 2.4 - litre petrol engine with support of E85 ethanol fuel.

Journey uses regular - grade gas; the V6 can also run on E85 ethanol, but using it drops estimated fuel economy to 12 city / 18 highway.

The first Bentley capable of running on both petrol (gasoline) and biofuel (E85 ethanol), its 6.0 litre W12 engine is rated 630 PS (463 kW; 621 bhp) at 6,000 rpm and 800 N ⋅ m (590 lbf ⋅ ft) at 1,700 - 5,600 rpm - using either fuel.

All three of the engines run on regular unleaded, and the V6 and 5.3 - liter V8 are flex - fuel compliant, meaning they can use the E85 ethanol blend.

Unfortunately, the Denali is not offered with FlexFuel capability — the ability to run on gasoline using up to 85 percent ethanol content — although the Sierra SLT offers the option for $ 100 on the 5.3 - liter.

All models use regular - grade gas, and the V6 can run on E85 ethanol.

The motor can be run on E85 Flex Fuel and produces slightly better power numbers when using ethanol.

For feedlot / dairy operations feeding a byproduct of an ethanol or biodiesel facility: Borrowers are eligible for an interest buydown of up to 4.00 % which may be used to reduce the borrower's interest rate on loans made by a local lender and BND, subject to a minimum rate of 1.00 % to the borrower.

Michael Nolan, assistant professor of radiation oncology and biology, received $ 23,060 for a study on using enhanced ethanol ablation, or direct ethanol injections to reduce tumors, as a lower - cost treatment for oral cancer.

Michael Nolan, assistant professor of radiation oncology and biology, received $ 23,060 for a study on using enhanced ethanol ablation, or direct ethanol injections to reduce tumors, as a

On the other hand it uses and existing source instead of burning 1 / 6th of our feed crop for the ethanol boondoggle.

Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee should be holding a hearing on advancing America's, and the world's, energy future by initiating a sustained quest to break the economic shackles imposed by enduring dependence on oil (that doesn't involve using 40 percent of our corn crop to produce ethanol in a world facing food price spikes).

Based on the just released Low Carbon Fuel Standard prepared by the University of California for the Governor, «regular» gasoline as a value of 85 — 92 g CO2 eq / MJ, while natural gas has a value of ~ 80 g CO2 eq / MJ, electricity in California has an average value of 27 g CO2 eq / MJ (when used to drive an electric vehicle), and cellulosic ethanol derived from municipal solid waste is ~ 5 g CO2 eq / MJ.

The only issue I see with ethanol is that it depends somewhat on crop growth, and fossil fuels are used heavily to make modern fertilizer.

-- All but 4.3 cents - per - gallon of the taxes on highway gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, and alternative fuels (Secs. 4041 (a) and 4081 (d)(1)-RRB--- Reduced rate of tax on partially exempt methanol or ethanol fuel (Sec. 4041 (m)-RRB--- Tax on retail sale of heavy highway vehicles (Sec. 4051 (c)-RRB--- Tax on heavy truck tires (Sec. 4071 (d)-RRB--- Annual use tax on heavy highway vehicles (Sec. 4481 (f)-RRB-

«Several years ago, we made some decisions about how corn is going to be used to make ethanol, which is added to our gasoline,» said Velshi on «American Morning» April 4.

With competition for plant waste among cellulosic ethanol plants, landscapers, and a range of other users, added to the fact that millions of cell phones are made each year, it could quickly become yet another burden on the earth to be using so much compostable, good - for - the - soil plant matter for cell phone frames.

Among their suggestions were the following: expand conservation tillage to 100 percent of cropland, stop all deforestation, drive two billion cars on ethanol, increase wind power 80-fold to make hydrogen for cars, replace 1,400 large coal - fired power plants with gas - fired ones, and cut electricity use in buildings by 25 percent.

The paper didn't fail to mention what we have reported on before, that corn farming for ethanol using management practices such as commercial fertilizer application, mechanical tillage, and intensive drainage is the most important driver of this increase in nitrogen pollution.

Check out the rest of Robert Rapier's post for a back of the envelope calculation on land use with cellulosic ethanol production:

The American Lung supports the use of E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, for flex - fueled vehicles specifically designed to operate on this fuel.

Canada currently maintains a 5 % domestic ethanol mandate on use while the U.S. is working towards a target of 136 billion liters of biofuels blended into transportation fuels by 2022.

Similarly, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office issued a report on the subject in June 2014, finding «only limited potential» for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through use of corn - based ethanol in the future:

E85 can only be used in flex fuel vehicles (FFVs) which are specifically designed to run on this fuel or any gasoline or ethanol blend ranging from E0 to E85.

«Depending on prior land use, our analysis shows that carbon releases from the soil after planting corn for ethanol may in some cases completely offset carbon gains attributed to biofuel generation for at least 50 years,» they note.

While Q Microbe is not a GMO — it is a naturally occurring anaerobe that lives under the soil — the company is confident that the patents it is pursuing on the use of the microbe for ethanol production will yield a valuable intellectual property portfolio.

California's LCFS also would have little or no impact on GHG emissions nationwide and would harm our nation's energy security by discouraging the use of Canadian crude oil — our nation's largest source of crude — and ethanol produced in the American Midwest.