biofuel
NREL turns to NIR spectroscopy for biomass analysis
Submitted by jonevans on 23 March 2015 - 2:01pm
The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) may soon need to add NIR spectroscopy to its approved list of analytical procedures for determining the composition of plant biomass.
Miniature NIR device develops a taste for ethanol
Submitted by jonevans on 23 April 2014 - 12:10pm
By customising a commercially-available miniature NIR spectrometer, Austrian scientists have produced a portable device for determining the concentration of ethanol in gasoline.
Fat test for algae
Submitted by jonevans on 29 November 2013 - 2:45pm
Two US scientists have shown that NIR spectroscopy can accurately determine the concentration of fat, proteins and carbohydrates in just 10mg of algae.
Biofuel for thought
Submitted by jonevans on 14 December 2012 - 6:23pm
French scientists have used NIR spectroscopy to monitor the transesterification reactions that produce biodiesel in a microreactor.
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JNIRS Biodiesel Paper Featured by USDA ARS
Submitted by ianm on 20 September 2012 - 5:30pm
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have featured a paper published in JNIRS—Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy in the September 2012 issue of their Agricultural Research magazine.
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