Making More Than BioFuels
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The Sietch:
Biofuel can be pretty interesting stuff, when made from the proper feed stock. But there is a problem. When you are done you have some left overs, in the case of biodiesel you have glycerin, with ethanol you have a mash of plant matter left over. These products do have useful properties.
Glycerin for instance is used in soap, makeup, and a whole host of other products, but as the biodiesel market has heated up the glycerin market has become saturated. That is why Ronald Holser a research chemist, and his colleague Steven F. Vaughn, a plant physiologist are trying to figure out new ways to use these byproducts.
“Just like petroleum refineries make more than one product that are the feedstock for other industries, the same will have to be true for biofuels,” said Kenneth F. Reardon, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. “Biorefining is what the vision has to look like in the end.”
So what are they making? Read on…
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