22 Feb 2022 --- Researchers led by LanzaTech, Northwestern University and Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) in the US have developed a new process to convert waste gas like emissions from heavy industry or syngas generated from any biomass source into either acetone or isopropanol (IPA). These substances can be used as solvents, antiseptics, disinfectants and detergents for commercial plastics. The companies’ methods, including a pilot-scale demonstration and life cycle analysis (LCA) showing economic viability, are published in Nature Biotechnology.
