CEP Magazine
Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP) is AIChE's flagship publication. This monthly magazine provides essential technical and professional information to practicing chemical engineers through their membership in AIChE. SBE members receive the bi-annual BioSupplement, as special section to CEP that explores topics of interest to our members. The most recent issue on Biofuels was published in August 2008. Articles include:
- Biobutanol - A Replacement for Bioethanol? by Ron Cascone, Nexant, Inc.
Ethanol, the leading incumbent biofuel, has several limitations. Butanol overcomes many of these, and holds promise as the next important transportation biofuel. - Metabolic Engineering of Next-Generation Biofuels by James C. Liao, Wendy Higashide, University of California, Los Angeles.
Engineers are turning to genetic and biological tools and techniques to synthesize higher-chain alcohols that do not suffer from the same limitations as ethanol. - Producing Fuels and Chemicals from Lignocellulosic Biomass by Rocio Sierra, Aaron Smith, Cesar Granda, Mark T. Holtzapple, Texas A&M University.
As oil and natural gas prices rise, lignocellulosic biomass becomes a viable feedstock for the fuel and chemical industries – provided key issues are addressed.