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      <title>Using Crude Glycerin in High Forage Diets - A Way to Improve the Profitability of Biodiesel Production</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This team estimates that confined beef cattle fed in Texas could consume all the glycerin resulting from 3 billion gallons of biodiesel production capacity if it were included at 10% of the diet. This allows for the development of a market that could grow six times the current level of biodiesel production. While most preliminary research has focused on replacing corn with crude glycerin, this project investigates replacing forage with crude glycerin. Replacement of forage is logical for three reasons: First, in vitro digestibility data suggests that the volatile fatty acid profile resulting from glycerin fermentation more closely matches the fermentation of forage than corn. Secondly, forage is difficult to manage for many confined animal feeding operations, so replacing forage with glycerin would be pragmatically beneficial to beef cattle producers. Finally, potential development and growth in cellulosic ethanol production may displace forage sources previously used for livestock production thereby increasing the cost of forage in beef cattle diets.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2015 01:00:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Diesel/Glycerin Emulsion Fuel Project</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This project scope is to evaluate Diesel/Glycerin emulsion fuels in marine &amp;#8339;vessels. The company Sea Change Group LLC is developing the diesel/glycerin fuels that will be tested in this effort. Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) will test the fuels both in laboratory diesel engine s and in MMA work vessels  under at-sea conditions. The project will evaluate the fuel as a drop-in, low emissions, low cost fuel for use in heavy marine engines as found in marine, rail and stationary power application such as pipeline pumping stations. Glycerin is a waste product of the biodiesel industry and has significant fuel content and is very low cost. When emulsified with diesel, testing has shown that significant NO&amp;#8339; and particulate matter emissions reductions can be achieved, comparable to the emissions reductions seen using water emulsion fuels. The project will evaluate the Diesel/glycerin emulsion fuels for emissions and vessel performance in the MMA R/V Quickwater, a 41 foot coast Guard fast response vessel, that is specially equipped for high fidelity emissions and performance testing. The vessel has twin Diesel engines allowing side by side comparison testing under at sea conditions. Multiple fuels can be switched over to each engine in real time for each engine while underway, allowing unbiased comparison between two fuels simultaneously.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 01:01:09 GMT</pubDate>
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