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 market. While much of the process equipment used in the…
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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 to me talking about the transition to a bioeconomy, have…
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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 has motivated a renewed search for improved methods for pretreatment…
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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 deconstructed to release useful chemical intermediates in the bioeconomy. These…
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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 and to discuss its progress and future prospects. Dr. Bauer…
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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, but that the hydrofoil could do the job with less…
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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 goal is to use heat in the absence of oxygen…
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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 covers the evolution of the Canadian biofuel industry – including…
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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 Q1, Q2 2017 are surveyed. The focus here is on…
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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 in the “peak oil” scare and the predicted sky rocketing…
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