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Catalysis in Renewable Chemicals: Noteworthy Developments 2015-2016
By Dr. Bernard Cooker, Lee Enterprises Consulting Introduction The use of catalysts, both living entities, such as microorganisms, and otherwise inert synthetic and biologically-derived materials, such...
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The Industrial State of Biofuels Technologies
By Dr. Gerald Kutney, Lee Enterprises Consulting A myriad of biofuel technologies exist, but which ones are truly industrial processes? The question is not always easy...
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Biodiesel Equipment Values 2017
By Catherine Rein, MBA, ASA Sr. Appraiser, Lee Enterprises Consulting As we enter 2017, we’re seeing several headwinds which are depressing values in the biodiesel equipment...
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Transitioning to the New BioRefining Era & Future Vision for Ethanol Plants
Transitioning to the New BioRefining Era & Future Vision for Ethanol Plants by Joel Stone, EVP, Lee Enterprises Consulting Many of those who have listened...
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Ionic Liquids: A Key Enabler of Biomass Processing?
By Dr. Lorenz Bauer, Lee Enterprises Consulting Potential Of Ionic Liquids For Biomass Pretreatment The explosion of interest in using biomass to produce chemicals and fuels...
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Lignocellulosic Biomass Deconstruction
By Dr. B. Cooker, Chemical Processing Solutions, Consultant with Lee Enterprises Consulting Summary Cheap, plentiful lignocellulosic biomass (LCB), consisting of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, is...
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The King of Biofuels – A Guide to Pyrolysis’ Progress and Prospects
Biofuels Digest recently invited two of our noted biofuels experts, Dr. Lorenz Bauer and Dr. Terry Mazanec, to lead webinars on the field of pyrolysis...
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Hydrofoil Impellers vs. Pitched Blade Turbines in Lignocellulosic Slurries
In a previous article (ref 1), it was stated that both pitched blade turbines and hydrofoils could be successfully used to agitate high-solids lignocellulosic materials,...
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Biomass Pyrolysis Comes of Age
By Dr. Lorenz Bauer, Lee Enterprises Consulting After many years of development biomass pyrolysis is finally maturing as a commercial technology. Pyrolysis is not incineration. The...
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Celebrating Canada’s 150th: A Short History of the Biofuel Industry in Canada
By Dr. Gerald Kutney, Lee Enterprises Consulting The 150th anniversary of Confederation on July 1st is a time to reflect upon the country’s achievements; this article...
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High Added Value Renewable Polymers
By: Dr. Bernard Cooker, Lee Enterprises Consulting Summary Biomass-based green polymer and monomer projects, as reported in Chemical and Engineering News and Chemical Engineering Progress in...
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Methanol and Bio-economy Thoughts for Now and Future
By Lorenz Bauer, Ph.D., Lee Enterprises Consulting. The methanol and bioeconomies are two of the buzz words of the last decade. They had their origin...
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Algae Biomass Productivity for Oil to Other High Value Products – Is It Still on the Horizon?
Algae Biomass Productivity for Oil to Other High Value Products – Is It Still on the Horizon? By: Dr. Anju Krivov, Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc....
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Water Management in Biomass Processing
By Lorenz Bauer Ph.D, Lee Enterprises Consulting “Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” Samuel Coleridge Managing the water in...
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Back to Basics: Effect of D/T Ratio on Agitator Power for Flow Controlled Applications
By Gregory T. Benz Introduction Many agitator applications, such as blending of miscible liquids or suspending slowly settling solids such as starch and grain slurries...
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Biomass-Fed Chemical Process Projects, 2017
By Bernard Cooker. This is a review of the biomass-fed chemical process projects producing renewable chemical products which were published in Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP)...