Blogs written by Lee Enterprises Consulting Bioeconomy Expert(s)
Sometimes we think of fermentation in terms preserving foods or producing alcoholic beverages or acidic dairy products. But the term “fermentation” encompasses much. Fermentation waste treatment is the production of chemical changes in wastes via some enzymatic action. This is normally done to make the waste into a useable product like biofuels. Just as…
Cellulosic Hydrolysis Reactors? Cellulosic materials, such as corn stover, cane, switchgrass, timber waste, municipal solid waste, etc., can be processed into fuels and renewable chemicals. Broadly speaking, there are two main methods: pyrolysis and hydrolysis. The former is relatively independent of feedstock but happens at high temperatures and may have yield losses due to breakdown…
Cannabis Cultivation Efficiency? Greenhouses vs. Indoor vs. Outdoor operations? In the same way cannabis laws vary state by state, county by county across the country, so too do the best practices for commercial cannabis cultivation. The first hurdles that must be cleared in the decision-making process are the regulatory and legal ones: Depending on your location,…
Bio-processing may involve aerobic fermentation, whereas ethanol and chemicals from starches and lignocellulosic materials are generally anaerobic processes. Aerobic fermentation is a metabolic process by which cells metabolize sugars via fermentation in the presence of oxygen and occurs through the repression of normal respiratory metabolism. Aerobic fermentation occurs in the presence of oxygen. It usually…
“Good Manufacturing Practices” (GMPs) is a term describing a body of regulations promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These are listed in the Code of Federal Regulations under part 21; they are numerous, extensive, and complex. As a result, there exists a myriad of very similar definitions which attempt to describe the entirety…
What does a biochar expert do? First, let’s define biochar. Biochar is the carbonaceous material produced by combustion of biomass. Biochar is a stable solid, rich in carbon, and can endure in soil for thousands of years. It can be considered a method of sequestering carbon and has been shown to improve crop yields. It…
The Expert Witness in Biotechnology Litigation. Large renewable energy and biochemical consulting firms have experts in biotechnologies as well as the other specialties within the bioeconomy, and most are available to serve as expert witnesses in biotechnology or other bioeconomy related litigation, including the pharma industry, small molecules and biologics, and synthetic and fermentation processes.…
Despite the many positive benefits to using plastics and the impact they have had on daily life, they currently seem to have more of a negative reputation and plastic recycling has become a booming business. This is due largely in part to mismanagement of plastic waste. While much of the plastic waste is landfilled, a…