Butanol may be used as a fuel in an internal combustion engine. Because its longer hydrocarbon chain causes it to be fairly non-polar, it is more similar to gasoline than it is to ethanol. Butanol has ...

An Autopia reader (who hails from my birthplace of Philadelphia) emailed us inquiring about the alternative fuel butanol. I posted an item on it last year, but since then BP has joined the ranks of ...

In a push to find better biofuels to reduce gasoline consumption and lower greenhouse-gas emissions, scientists have genetically engineered E. coli that is highly efficient in producing butanol, a ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Ethanol might reign as the king of biofuels, but several companies are betting that a close cousin may overcome some of its shortcomings. Butanol has traditionally been used as ...

"the only viable way to sell ethanol is for the government to mandate it be blended with gasoline -- much to the chagrin of us vintage-car enthusiasts." Ethanol fuel has had a tough row to hoe, and ...

Rockville, MD., July 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global N-Butanol Market is forecasted to increase from a value of US$ 5.42 billion in 2024 to US$ 8.11 billion by the end of 2034. Fact.MR’s ...

Displacing Petroleum-derived Butanol With Plants Date: January 11, 2009 Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Summary: As a chemical for industrial processes, butanol is used in ...

HSINCHU, TAIWAN--(Marketwired - Oct 24, 2013) - ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute), Taiwan's largest and one of the world's leading high-tech applied research institutions, today ...