Articles > Government magazines > Applied and Social Sciences magazines > BioCycle articles > September 2009

Article: PRODUCING PIPELINE QUALITY BIOGAS

Article from:
BioCycle
Article date:
September 1, 2009
Author:
Copyright

SUSTAINABLE OPERATION

Viewing swine manure as a resource, codigestion project in Minnesota plans to supply a nearby community with 50 percent of its natural gas needs while producing fertilizer for crops grown for the digester.

A BIOGAS faculty to process partially dewatered swine manure from farms owned and/or controlled by Christensen Farms, is under development in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. Corn stover and other readily available cellulosic materials will be cofermented to increase the biogas yield. This facility will utilize dry, thermophilic anaerobic digestion to process swine manure from about 10,000 animals and corn stover from about 1,500 acres of farmland. The faculty will occupy ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STUDY REVEALS NEW ENERGY, ECONOMIC ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 4, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... University of Minnesota, densified corn stover is better for the economy and the environment ... fuel for heat and power applications, corn stover reduces the life-cycle fossil-fuel ... better predict the full cost of using corn stover biomass to meet the heat and power needs ...

Article: Making biofuel from corn stover
BioCycle;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... corn kernel. This material known as corn stover - including stalks, cobs, husks ... engineered yeast developed by Ho. While corn stover fiber differs from fiber found in the ... ethanol. When other materials, such as corn stover, tree leaves, grass clippings or wood ...

Article: Next Step Biofuels Manufactures Energy-Dense PowerPellets[TM] ...
Business Wire;  August 25, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... production of PowerPellets[TM] from corn stover at Loup Valley Alfalfa's pelleting facilities ... industrial-scale production of pellets from corn stover is a huge step forward in unlocking corn stover's vast potential as a reliable, affordable ...

Article: United States: Next Step Biofuels Manufactures Energy-Dense ...
TendersInfo;  August 26, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... scale production of PowerPellets from corn stover at Loup Valley Alfalfa s pelleting facilities ... industrial-scale production of pellets from corn stover is a huge step forward in unlocking corn stover s vast potential as a reliable, affordable ...

Article: Corn stover being evaluated as sustainable biofuel ...
The Hindustan Times;  August 21, 2008 ;     421 words ... ... and sustainable biofuels has narrowed on corn stover, the leaves and stalks of corn plants that ... examined the long-term sustainability of using corn stover as a biofuel crop. When corn stover is not harvested as a biofuel crop, it can ...

Article: Cellulosic ethanol from corn stover: ...
Agricultural Research;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Midwest, 100 to 150 million tons of corn stover--crop residue-is now left on fields ... erosion and return nutrients to soil. Now corn stover is being eyed as a possible source of ... site-specific practices for managing corn stover removal--not a 'big-box' approach ...

Article: ADM, Deere, Monsanto to Collaborate on Corn Stover ...
PR Newswire;  August 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the harvest, storage and transport of corn stover -- the stalks, leaves and cobs of corn plants. Corn stover can be used in feed for animals, as ... environmentally sound value chain for corn stover. "As the world's population grows ...

Article: DuPont and Broin Team Up to Develop Corn ...
Energy Resource;  October 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... DuPont and Broin Team Up to Develop Corn Stover-Based Ethanol(C)2006 JeraOne ... cost-effective ethanol derived from corn stover to market. Since 2003, DuPont and ... program to develop technology to convert corn stover into ethanol. Partners in the Integrated ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives