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Butanol: A new generation of bio fuels from wood.

The increasing scarcity of fuel has scientists and researchers busy experimenting in many laboratories across the United States with new alternatives to gasoline. For example, a team of researchers at State University of New York or SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry are investigating ways to turn wood into sustainable bio-butanol that can be pumped into automobile gas tanks. Jose Espinosa "USA Green Stories" visited the scientist conducting the study, who says that bio-butanol or bio-based butanol is the new next generation of bio-fuels. Brief OnCamera introduction for television: The process is commonly known as hydrolysis...MORE INFO...Bio-butanol, a second-generation alcoholic fuel, possesses a higher energy density and lower volatility when compared with ethanol...MORE INFO...Shijie Liu, associate professor at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry, or ESF, leads a team of researchers who are separating hemicellulose found in fresh hardwood through a hot-water extraction process which served as the solvent, avoiding the use of any other added chemicals...MORE INFO... This is another exclusive USA green story.