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Comments on: Locally grown fuel: S&T student presents biodiesel research in Jefferson City
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By: Warwick W Doll Che '65
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Thu, 06 Apr 2023 13:46:26 +0000https://news.mst.edu/?p=47803#comment-354396Caleb’s work in the ChE department to make a useful biodiesel out of farm waste reminds me of the project I was involved in the ChE department in 1965. We were taking CHE 255, chemical process design, under Professor Russel Primrose, and all the projects that year were required to address a way to take a farm waste product and make a useful end product. Masonite had a process to turn its waste wood products into a wood sugar. We were, therefore, challenged to turn the “unlimited” supply of scrub oak found on many farms into a wood sugar. We collected sawdust from a sawmill hydrolyzed it and did successfully make a sugar. However, the yields were low and the cost to use our process was way too costly. We did have a very enjoyable team effort and learn a lot. Working on real problems while in college is essential to becoming a skilled engineer.
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