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Isomers

I would like to see info about what isomers the fermentation processes produce. Butanol has 4 different ones. t-BuOH is unsuiatable on its own as it freezes at 25C--Oldboltonian 22:26, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Production of butanol from biomass

The sentence "The difference from ethanol production is primarily in the fermentation of the feedstock - producing butanol rather than ethanol like primary fermentation product and minor changes in distillation" is very awkward and I'm not able to be certain enough of its intended meaning to be comfortable revising it.

Does my attempt (below) convey the jist of the idea without factual flaws?

"The difference between butanol and ethanol production is primarily in the fermentation of the feedstock. Fermentation for butanol uses different microorganisms and there are some differences in the distillation process." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.78.95.188 (talk • contribs)

Pff .. the first sentence needs a higher degree in EN, but well, I think this says it. I must confess, I just copied this block from butanol, there might be some strange sentences still referring back to butanol. But I think I mainly agree with the 'translation' you propose (fuel is not my specialty, but at least is does sound chemically correct). Maybe in the second part ".. some minor differences in the distillation process." I think that someone would have to elaborate on that .. what differences? --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 17:35, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, in my opinion the second sentence could be modified: "...and there are some differences in the downstream processing of the products." since the downstream processing of butanol is much more complicated than that of ethanol production (may involve gas stripping, adsorption-desorption, decantation, pervaporation, distillation, dehydration...etc.). -- meynardtengco -- 02:47, 10 September 2006 (PhilST)

Why neutrality tag?

Can anyone tell me why this article has a neutrality tag? Certainly the prose needs refining to eliminate incomprehensible phrasing like that discussed above, but that doesn't actually relate to the article's neutrality in an immediately obvious way. If it is no longer necessary can it be removed? thanks User:Jaganath 11:47, 28 September 2006

Yeah, can't see any point in the tag. Have removed, whoever added it can add it again if they feel it is necessary and explain why. QuiteUnusual 15:05, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Can we get reputable, intelligent people to contribute to an article about a highly relevant alternative energy subject? Please, thank you.

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 Yeah, can't see any point in the tag. Have removed, whoever added it can add it again if they feel it is necessary and explain why.  [[User:QuiteUnusual|QuiteUnusual]] 15:05, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
+== Experts Needed! ==
+Can we get reputable, intelligent people to contribute to an article about a highly relevant alternative energy subject? Please, thank you.