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December 17, 2012

NC State Study Offers Insight Into Converting Wood to Bio-Oil
Raleigh, NC (SPX) Dec 17, 2012
New research from North Carolina State University provides molecular-level insights into how cellulose - the most common organic compound on Earth and the main structural component of plant cell walls - breaks down in wood to create "bio-oils" which can be refined into any number of useful products, including liquid transportation fuels to power a car or an airplane. Using a supercomputer that can perform functions thousands of times faster than a standard desktop computer, NC State chemical and b ... read more

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