South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority: Legislative Briefing January 18, 2006 Kevin D. Kephart Vice President for Research Dean, Graduate School South Dakota State University

SDSU Research History Feedstocks Conversion Co-products Dr. Paul Murtaugh – 1970’s Broad evaluation of feedstocks Distillation Demonstrations on Washington DC National Mall Feedstocks Conversion Co-products Electrical Engineering National Leadership

Agricultural Feedstocks Starch and sugars Oilseeds and animal fats Biomass Lignocellulosic Grasses Woody species Crop residues Solid wastes

SDSU Feedstock Research Switchgrass, big bluestem and other grasses Crop residues CRP Agronomic management Partnerships: GPISD – Powering the Plains USDA-ARS DOE

Biomass Conversion Fermentation Pyrolytic Combustion Ethanol Anaerobic Digesters - Biogas Pyrolytic Gasification - Syngas Hydrothermal Liquification - Bio-oil Combustion Co-firing

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Gasification

Pyrolysis Process Recycled non-condensable gases Quencher Wood Chip Feed Wood Chip Drying Wood Grinding Char collector Pyrolysis Reactor Bio-Oil Storage Unit Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

SDSU Conversion Research Fermentation: Selection and evaluation of microorganisms Pretreatments Hydrothermal liquification UND-EERC Gasification Iowa State University Syn-gas fermentation for PHA

Iowa State University Fluidized Bed Reactor

Co-products Distillers grains Glycerol Manure solids Lignin Dry Solubles Wet Glycerol Manure solids Lignin

SDSU Co-product Research Animal nutrition - DDGS feeding Beef, dairy, swine Wet DDGS storage DDGS cubes Glycerol feeding to dairy Secondary fermentation of stillage Partnership to industry SD Corn Utilization Council SD Soybean Research and Promotion Council Broin VeraSun

SDSU Electrical Engineering Wind Photo-voltaic cells Nanotechnology Distributed generation systems New PhD in Electrical Engineering Aviation Ethanol

National Activities Sun Grant Initiative DOE US DOT Monograph Fellowships with DOE National Laboratories Land grant academic programs US DOT Forthcoming national award of $42 million

Future Conversion Feedstock Distributed energy Beyond ethanol Anaerobic digestion Pyrolysis Feedstock Sustainability Transportation and delivery Distributed energy Engineering Policy and economics Strong linkage to industry

Thank You Kevin D. Kephart Vice President for Research Dean, Graduate School South Dakota State University 605-688-4181 Kevin.Kephart@sdstate.edu