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PRODUCTION OF PROPANE FROM AGRICULTURAL WASTES

Objective

Objective 1. Produce propane from cow manure and food wasteObjective 1.1 Ferment agricultural wastes to butyric acid with real-time butyric acid extraction.Objective 1.2 Upgrade butyric acid to propane with magnetic photoreforming.Objective 1.3 Generate propane in a batch fermentation-extraction-upgrading (FEU) system.Objective 2. Perform a technoeconomic and environmental life cycle assessment of propane production from agricultural wastes.Objective 2.1 Estimate the minimum selling price for propane.Objective 2.2: Assess the relative environmental impacts of propane production.

Investigators
Scarborough, M. J.; Hicks, AN, .; Badireddy, AP, .
Institution
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
Start date
2022
End date
2024
Funding Source
Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture
Project number
VT.W-2021-10449
Accession number
1028723
https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/1028723.html