Microbubbles to make biofuel plants more economic

The Engineer - Process Engineering (UK)
15 October 2010

Sheffield, UK – A University of Sheffield researcher has won national recognition for the development of a ’microbubble device’ that promises to make the production of biofuels much more energy efficient.

Professor William Zimmerman, from the department of chemical and process engineering at the University has been awarded the Royal Society Brian Mercer Award for Innovation for the work in adapting a unique bioreactor for use in the production of alternative renewable fuels.

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