Cellulosic agricultural residue is a broad term used to discuss cellulose based residues left after the harvest of a primary agricultural crop. These include everything that we would traditionally think of, such as corn stover,…
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Feedstocks: Agricultural
Agricultural Feedstocks for the renewable energy industry include starch and sugar crops (e.g., corn, sorghum), grass crops (e.g., switch grass, miscanthus), oil crops (e.g., soybean, sunflowers), and crop residues (e.g., corn stover, corn cobs, nut…
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Biomass Energy Conversion
What is biomass energy conversion? Biomass is organic, meaning it comes from living organisms like plants and animals. In biomass energy conversion, the common biomass materials used for energy are plants, wood, and waste –…
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Water Treatment
Water treatment is a broad category encompassing numerous applications including: Municipal Water Beverage Ultrapure – medical, pharmaceutical, etc. Marine/Aquarium/Aquaculture Process water – industrial and reuse Wastewater – municipal, industrial (reuse or disposal) Remediation Activated carbon…
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Feed Co-Product Nutritional Value
What is my feed co-product worth? In order to maximize revenue from this important product, every producer of feed co-products should constantly ask this question. The answer may seem simple, but the determination is not. …
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Biomass & Non Recyclable Plastics to Liquid Fuels
This is a PowerPoint by former Lee Enterprises Expert, Dr. Lorenz Bauer (dec’d), about creating liquid fuels from biomass and non-recyclable plastics. It discussed overflowing the world’s overflowing landfills, plastics in the ocean, and how…
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