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NASA tests newly developed green fuel

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In a recent collaboration, NASA has tested a new technology which turns waste into “green” fuel for possible use on the International Space Station and in long term space missions.

Developed by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan, Sonil Nanda, USask Chemical and Biological Engineering Research Associate, and his supervisor Ajay Dalai, has developed a high-quality syngas, a fuel gas mixture containing crop and forestry residues, food waste, cattle manure, petroleum, and petrochemical waste.

Consisting of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and methane, they syngas can be used as a cheaper alternative to fossil fuels and also used to create other by-products such as green diesel and hydrogen fuel cells for cars. 

“Canada could be a leader in this kind of technology because it produces lots of residual feedstock from the agriculture and forestry sectors that can be turned into syngas and its by-products,” said Dalai, USask Canada Research Chair of Bio-Energy and Environmentally Friendly Chemical Processing.

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