Biofuel Factsheets
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This page of the website includes links to various websites and articles that pertain to the production and use of biofuels. Please refer back to this page from time to time as we will be adding information periodically.
Status of Indiana's Ethanol Plants - 2009 Check the link below to learn about the status of ethanol plants in Indiana in 2009. - Information provided by Professor Corinne Alexander
This link will allow you access to Purdue's Agriculture Extension BioEnergy Publication website. This is best viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Purdue Extension BioEnergy Publication Website ******* Clicking on the link below will connect you to an article written by Michael Ladisch and Nathan Mosier, of LORRE, that gives a snapshot of the status of biofuels in Indiana. The article discusses production and yield of corn in Indiana as it relates to ethanol production, and research currently being conducted at Purdue. Some of the research projects address fundamental research in: Cellulose conversion and pretreatment Ethanol fermentation, particularly the genetic modification of yeast for co-fermentation of glucose and xylose to ethanol Separations for ethanol from water, and Systems integration of ethanol conversion plants to be able to process both cellulose and starch to ethanol Wally Tyner, from Purdue's Agricultural Economics Department is carrying out economical analyses of the impact of government policy on corn prices, land utilization, and the economics of ethanol production from various renewable resources for both corn and cellulosic materials. Professor Tyner and his colleagues and students conduct analyses of the economic and policy issues related to biofuels and renewable energy. Part of their work is linked to that of engineering and science faculty in estimating the economic potential of different technological alternatives and pathways. His group also takes a systems perspective in examining multiple parts of a system in an integrated fashion. The link below contains papers that describe the economic models they have developed and the analyses they have conducted using those tools. Much of their work is designed to evaluate the impacts of alternative renewable fuels policies.
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