7 Bleeding-Edge Technologies Unlocking Mighty Value in the First-Gen Ethanol Fleet
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) …The most popular technologies that are targeting the corn ethanol fleet?
1. Feedstock switching. Sorghum as the new corn? …
2. Advanced extraction and yield technologies. …
3. Advanced enzymes. …
4. Enzymes in corn. … “These enzymes accumulate in the energy crop—which can be corn stover or other grains or plants—and are then activated during processing. This approach adds significant value by greatly reducing pretreatment energy and chemical costs normally associated with glucose conversion.” …
5. Algae co-location and production. …
6. Switchover to biobutanol. …
7. Cellulosic Ethanol add-on. READ MORE