Scottish startup looking to turn whisky dregs into biobutanol
Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 09:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —Scottish-based company Celtic Renewables is looking to use waste materials from the whiskey production process to make biobutanol, which can be used to power engines. The process, called acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE), is based on using the bacteria Clostridium acetobutylicum to break down materials in the waste.