The facility is a two ton per day biorefinery which uses corn
stover as feedstock — meaning the residual corn leaves, husks, and stalks left after harvest are used as the raw materials from which the fuel is derived.
Not exact matches
Cellulose - loving fungi can cut biofuel costs by enabling existing corn ethanol plants to process cheaper, woody
feedstocks such
as corn
stover
And, if other forms of waste, such
as the stalks of corn plants (corn
stover) or the remnants of timber harvest are included, Klann says, «we have enough
feedstock in the U.S. to offset 70 percent of the oil import.»
Advanced biofuels can be derived from lignocellulosic
feedstocks, such
as agricultural waste (e.g., corn
stover, wheat straw, rice hulls), agricultural processing byproducts (e.g., corn fiber or sugar cane bagasse), forestry and wood processing waste, the paper portion of municipal solid waste, or dedicated energy crops such
as switchgrass.