Every year, 4 million tonnes of coffee grounds end up in the rubbish. A researcher at the University of Jaén has devised a method for speeding up the drying of the dregs to make using them profitable for use as biofuel or biomass, converting them into pellets to generate thermal and electric energy.
It belongs to the Picochlorum genome and was largely unknown until now. It was discovered by scientists from the Algae Biotechnology Research Group at the University of Huelva. Most surprising is the range of future possibilities that its unique composition can offer. This microalgae can serve as a raw material to produce biofuel, and according […]
The research group headed by the professor in Chemical Engineering Sebastián Sánchez at the University of Jaén works to get biofuel from wastewater using microalgae as raw material.
