Researchers in the US have demonstrated a remarkably efficient new way to distil alcohol from water—using light. The method needs less energy than conventional thermal distillation and produces a more ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Fluid Quip Technologies (FQT) continues to advance the biofuels industry’s transition toward higher efficiency and lower carbon intensity with another commercial deployment of the ...

As stated in Melody Voith's article "Dow Plans Algae Biofuels Pilot," "fuel-quality ethanol must be distilled from the bioreactor condensate" (C&EN, July 6, page 10). One of the major hurdles facing ...

Vodka, by definition, is ethanol cut with water to at least 80 proof (40 percent purity). Despite its common sobriquet of "potato juice," it's actually pretty hard to make it from spuds—the tuber ...