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South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority: Legislative Briefing January 18, 2006
Kevin D. Kephart Vice President for Research Dean, Graduate School South Dakota State University
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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
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Agricultural Feedstocks
Starch and sugars Oilseeds and animal fats Biomass Lignocellulosic Grasses Woody species Crop residues Solid wastes
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SDSU Feedstock Research
Switchgrass, big bluestem and other grasses Crop residues CRP Agronomic management Partnerships: GPISD – Powering the Plains USDA-ARS DOE
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Biomass Conversion Fermentation Pyrolytic Combustion Ethanol
Anaerobic Digesters - Biogas Pyrolytic Gasification - Syngas Hydrothermal Liquification - Bio-oil Combustion Co-firing
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Gasification
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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
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SDSU Conversion Research
Fermentation: Selection and evaluation of microorganisms Pretreatments Hydrothermal liquification UND-EERC Gasification Iowa State University Syn-gas fermentation for PHA
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Iowa State University Fluidized Bed Reactor
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Co-products Distillers grains Glycerol Manure solids Lignin Dry
Solubles Wet Glycerol Manure solids Lignin
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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
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SDSU Electrical Engineering
Wind Photo-voltaic cells Nanotechnology Distributed generation systems New PhD in Electrical Engineering Aviation Ethanol
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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
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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
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Thank You Kevin D. Kephart Vice President for Research
Dean, Graduate School South Dakota State University
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