Bioprocessing wet agricultural waste into fuel

May 18, 2011 |

In Washington state, the Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory at Washington State University Tri-Cities is working on a $1.5 million DOE-funded pilot project to test the BioChemCat process for turning agricultural waste into fuel. Teamed with the Port of Benton, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and startup company Clean-Vantage, the project may be tested with wheat straw, winery waste, hop waste, switch grass and waste from logging operations in the state.

The feedstock will preferably be wet, which will reduce the energy intensity required to ensure the feedstock is bone-dry as is necessary with most other processes.

Category: Research

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