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The use of pruning of the olive tree, in a World Congress of biofuels
18/08/2006
on August 18, 2006
Researchers of the University of Jaén have participated in the International Congress on biotechnology held in the city of Nashville, with his development of the olive tree pruning project for the production of fuels and chemical products. The work of the Group of research "Chemistry and environmental engineering", is the latest advances in the process of transformation of the pruning of the olive tree in liquid fuels on the stages of pruning and enzymatic hydrolysis pretreatment, both necessary for the conversion of this abundant agricultural waste into ethanol.
The project is carried out in collaboration with the Centre for energy research, environmental and technology (CIEMAT) of Madrid. It is funded by the Ministry of education and science, as well as sugar factories Reunidas Jáen S.A., under the agreement signed with this company for the study and development of a process for the production of ethanol from biomass of olive grove.
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