Articles
Below is a list of many of the articles we have published over the past several years.
Decentralized Organics to Energy with Containerized Anaerobic Digestion
February 3, 2023Decentralized Organics to Energy with Containerized Anaerobic Digestion by John Forcier, P.E., Lee Enterprises Consulting Most trash and recycled waste materials are being processed on...
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What Can New Biobased Businesses do to Build & Operate Investments Successfully?
January 19, 2023By Mike Sticklen Lee Enterprises Consulting Winning Business Strategy, Robust Technology with Great Team Currently, there are numerous new investments being made in bio-based industries...
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Biochar for Energy Storage Applications
December 28, 2022By Dr. Kent Goeking Lee Enterprises Consulting Biochar is the charcoal-like carbon product obtained when biomass is heated in an oxygen-deficient environment, i.e. pyrolysis. Biochar...
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What Can Ethanol Plant Owners do to Thrive in the Ethanol Business Today?
December 21, 2022By Mike Sticklen & Dr. Doug Rivers Lee Enterprises Consulting The US ethanol industry is faced with flat volume (Fig. 1) and mediocre returns on...
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Hydrogen from Natural Gas without Carbon Dioxide Emissions
December 16, 2022Mark Robertson, PE., Lee Enterprises Consulting Abstract: Thermo-catalytic decomposition of methane (TCDM) converts methane directly into hydrogen and a useful solid carbon byproduct, with reduced...
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Current and Future California SAF Pathways & Supply
December 1, 2022By Chuck Sorensen, Ph.D., P.E. Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest California leads the nation in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) implementation initiatives. This is...
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Hiring an Expert Witness in Bioeconomy Litigation
October 15, 2022Hiring an expert witness in the bioeconomy can be a bit tricky. In August 2017, I published an article that focused on important things that...
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The 30-30 Rule: Lessons from the Field in Wood Power
July 20, 2022By Charles Loos, P.E., Lee Enterprises Consulting From an operations standpoint, a wood-fired power plant can be described as a fuel handling system first, and a...
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The Expert Witness in Biofuels and Biochemicals Litigation
June 10, 2022When oil prices are relatively low, and the status of U.S. government incentives has continued uncertainty, a predictable downturn in biofuel and biochemical-related industries brings...
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Scaling Biofuels Technology
April 14, 2022The recommended approach for scaling bioenergy and biofuels technology follows a similar stage-gate process to that used in traditional Chemical Process Industry (CPI) processes. But...
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Carbon Negative Impacts from Biomass Conversion
April 14, 2022Many countries have carbon credit programs for biomass conversion, designed to achieve GHG reduction goals. Several forms of biomass diversion from landfills, farms, and other...
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Make Lenders Love Your Construction Contracts
April 14, 2022Financing a biomass project? By the time a developer seeks non-recourse financing for a biomass project, the contracts for construction and major equipment procurement have...
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Impeller Selection for Lignocellulosic Hydrolysis Reactors
April 14, 2022How should a company select impellers for lignocellulosic hydrolysis reactors? Lignocellulosic slurries at high solids concentrations (10-30%) can be quite viscous. The author has seen...
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Applying for Commercial-Scale Bioeconomy Federal Funding
February 15, 2022Applying for Commercial-Scale Bioeconomy Federal Funding? By Bill Hagy, EVP Federal Funding, Lee Enterprises Consulting In considering applying for federal funding for a commercial scale bioeconomy...
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Bioplastics Era Has Arrived
September 17, 2021Dr. Bogdan Comanita, Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. We believe that the bioplastics era is upon us and this time around it is not driven only...
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