Patents Assigned to DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & AGRICULTURE
  • PRODUCTION OF BIOFUEL FROM TOBACCO PLANTS
    Publication number: 20140309444
    Abstract: A method of producing biofuel from tobacco biomass including solvent extraction of the tobacco biomass with methyl acetate or ethyl acetate, transesterification of the oil obtained from the biomass and separation of the biofuel from the transesterified product. Excellent yields of biofuel based on the weight of the biomass are obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & AGRICULTURE
    Inventor: Ronald T. Petruso