FACT news - recent items
Progress in Mechanical Jatropha Harvesting
March 8th, 2010
Jatropha harvesting is painstaking and time consuming work (see also chapter 3 of the Jatropha Handbook). Mechanical harvesting is often regarded as the holy grail: it would substantially reduce...
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Working Paper Oil Purification
March 1st, 2010
The latest addition to the media library is a working paper on Jatropha oil purification, explaining the different options for removing solids from crude vegetable oil. The document's annex...
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Large biogas plant under construction
February 26th, 2010
The Groene Woudt Foundation (SHGW) supports a project of an integrated development project consisting of organic tea growing and processing, cattle raising and Jatropha in West Sumatra. Recently, a...
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First prototype thermo-acoustic converter
February 23rd, 2010
FACT and its partners proudly present the world's flattest thermo-acoustic converter. The prototype produces approx 40 W of mechanical power at a temperature difference of 100 degrees (C). This...
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Thermoacoustics for development
December 9th, 2009
A very recent development is the use of thermoacoustics for biomass energy systems. Thermoacoustics is a concept in which heat is used to generate a sound wave. This sound wave can be converted...
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Biogas system design study
December 9th, 2009
In September, a group of students of the University of Eindhoven accepted the challenge of designing a grass biogas digester for community use. The students have recently presented their first...
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Film projects
December 9th, 2009
As of October 2009, FACT has started with the production of a series of short films on biofuels production and utilization. Each film will highlight a step in the production chain of a specific...
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