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February 20, 2012
BIO FUEL
Improving logistics of biofuel raw materials
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Feb 20, 2012
If the increased use of biomass to produce alternative fuels is to become a reality, more attention needs to be paid to logistics - how, for example, biomass raw materials are shipped from farm to refinery, as well as the development of better ways of preparing the products for shipping. This is a subject being tackled by Michigan State University's Bruce Dale, a professor of chemical engineering and materials science, and is the topic of a symposium at this year's annual meeting of the American A ... read more

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