Published in Fuel Processing Technology
•First systematic study on glycerol conversion to lactic acid catalyzed by CaO•CaO has lower activation energy than NaOH in converting glycerol to lactic acid.•CaO causes much less corrosion to reactor comparing to NaOH.•Developed process is applicable to crude glycerol.•A single CaO catalyst can be used for production of both biodiesel and lactic ...
Published in Heritage Science
Many wooden Chinese historic buildings are destroyed due to the ravages of frequent fire disasters. The fire risk of historic buildings are highly enlarged since a long-time weathered wooden structures in the natural environment. The clean fire-extinguishing technology using fluorinated chemical gases to put out a historic building fire rapidly at ...
Fusarium wilt is one of the most damaging diseases of banana that currently puts the global production and food security at risk. The causal agents belong to the genus Fusarium and the soilborne species that is currently threatening Cavendish varieties and many locally important cultivars is F. odoratissimum, colloquially called Tropical Race 4 (TR...
