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Bill Bio And The Boys From Ribeirão Preto | Dispatches From Brazil

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About The Brazil Blog. Bill Bio And The Boys From Ribeirão Preto. Filed by Steve Ritter. There are several components to the program. The graduate students visit schools to educate teachers and students. In the photo below, Sellani addresses one class (photos courtesy of Daniel Bortoleto). Bortoleto and Sellani help collect 20,000 L of used oil per month. They convert it into biodiesel that is blended with petroleum-derived diesel and used to power the collecting van (shown below in front of a school).

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Photo Journey: A Recipe For Biodiesel | Dispatches From Brazil

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About The Brazil Blog. Photo Journey: A Recipe For Biodiesel. Filed by Erika Engelhaupt and Steve Ritter. Biocapital’s biodiesel plant in Charqueada is one of the first of many anticipated Brazilian facilities that will make biodiesel from vegetable oil and/or animal fat. Ironically, the plant is viewed across a sea of sugarcane, the source of ethanol, Brazil’s other biofuel. Foster Agblevor of Virginia Tech (shown right, from left) and Miguel Dabdoub of the University of São Paulo checked out a sample o...

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About The Brazil Blog | Dispatches From Brazil

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About The Brazil Blog. About The Brazil Blog. Environmental Science and Technology. Erika D. Engelhaupt and. Chemical and Engineering News’s. Stephen K. Ritter are tagging along. They will be posting daily dispatches of news and their observations of Brazilian science and culture. About The Brazil Blog. Mark C R UK. June 3, 2007 at 10:56 am. Any plans to continue the blog after the exchange in Brazil is over? Best wishes from the UK,. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Daily dispatches ...

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Caipirinha Chemistry | Dispatches From Brazil

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About The Brazil Blog. Filed by Steve Ritter. Before coming to Brazil, I was inundated by suggestions that I had to try a caipirinha, Brazilians’ favorite alcoholic mixed drink. The caipirinha is a simple cocktail made from sugar, limes, and cachaça, which is a type of rough-tasting brandy made from what else sugarcane. It’s similar to rum. Distillers have a variety of ways of preparing cachaça, several of our Brazilian friends related. Stainless steel vessels are used by some processors to make clea...

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Photo Journey: Making The Most Of Sugarcane | Dispatches From Brazil

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About The Brazil Blog. Photo Journey: Making The Most Of Sugarcane. Filed by Erika Engelhaupt and Steve Ritter. Across this sugarcane field lies the city of Ribeirão Preto; its name translates to little black river. The city of about half a million people lies at the heart of the world’s largest ethanol-producing region and is home to 26 of the 128 ethanol plants in São Paulo state. About 70% of Brazil’s ethanol comes out of São Paulo. The fiber that’s left behind (called bagasse), shown above flying off...

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A Closer Look At Biodiesel Emissions | Dispatches From Brazil

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About The Brazil Blog. A Closer Look At Biodiesel Emissions. Filed by Erika Engelhaupt. The scientists who came together this week in Brazil work in many areas of chemistry, as well as engineering, agronomy, and plant genetics. But I noticed that they were united not just by an interest in biofuels, but also by an ideal of sustainability. Whether they were discussing green chemistry or improving feedstocks, they were enthusiastic about using renewable resources in a sustainable way. Lílian Lefol Nani Gua...

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Cafezinho, Anyone? | Dispatches From Brazil

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About The Brazil Blog. Filed by Erika Engelhaupt. The caipirinha may qualify as Brazil’s national drink, but the super-strong coffee known as cafezinho (ca-fay-zheen-yo) is the most popular. Morning, noon, and night (as a sleep aid! Brazilians sip cafezinho, often just called café, from tiny white cups with saucers. Here at the biofuels symposium, cups of Brazilian coffee act as another type of biofuel, fueling the scientists as they discuss their latest research challenges. C increase in global average ...

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Waste Not, Want Not | Dispatches From Brazil

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About The Brazil Blog. Waste Not, Want Not. Filed by Erika Engelhaupt. There is no such thing as waste in biomass, Agblevor says. As soon as you find a use for something, it is a resource. All that’s required is a shift in point of view, he adds. Using lignocellulosic biomass, the tough stuff of plants, remains a challenge. One approach discussed at this meeting is pyrolysis (oxygen-free heating) to break these materials down. For example, Agblevor described pyrolyzing chicken litter (manure) to create a...

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Dispatches From Brazil | Page 2

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About The Brazil Blog. May 30, 2007. Filed by Erika Engelhaupt. Read the rest of this entry ». Photo Journey: A Recipe For Biodiesel. May 29, 2007. Filed by Erika Engelhaupt and Steve Ritter. Biocapital’s biodiesel plant in Charqueada is one of the first of many anticipated Brazilian facilities that will make biodiesel from vegetable oil and/or animal fat. Ironically, the plant is viewed across a sea of sugarcane, the source of ethanol, Brazil’s other biofuel. Read the rest of this entry ». May 29, 2007.

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Factories To Make Factories | Dispatches From Brazil

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About The Brazil Blog. Factories To Make Factories. Filed by Steve Ritter. One of the most striking achievements of Brazil’s biofuels industry is the vision of scientists, government officials, business leaders, and educators to work together to develop an integrated approach for future growth. For example, agronomists are working to prepare new plant cultivars that produce more oil or more sugar through selective breeding and genetic modification. These scientists are. NG, with about 1,000 employees, is...