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Alcohol Distillation: Basic Principles, Equipment, Performance Relationships, and Safety
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Alcohol Distillation: Basic Principles, Equipment, Performance Relationships, and Safety

Discusses different processes of alcohol distillation with an emphasis on understanding concepts....

Biodiesel Quality: Is All Biodiesel Created Equal?
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Biodiesel Quality: Is All Biodiesel Created Equal?

3-page publication discussing biodiesel quality and explaining why consumers should not attempt to produce their own biodiesel....

Biofuels and the Impact on Food Prices
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Biofuels and the Impact on Food Prices

4-page publication discussing the likely impact of biofuels on food prices and the considerations involved in this issue...

Cellulosic Ethanol - Biofuel Beyond Corn
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Cellulosic Ethanol - Biofuel Beyond Corn

4-page publication explaining how cellulose feedstocks (wheat straw, corn stover, switch grass, etc.) can be converted to ethanol....

Comparable Costs of Various Energy Sources for Irrigation Pumping
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Comparable Costs of Various Energy Sources for Irrigation Pumping

This publication provides the comparative costs of various energy sources for irrigation pumping and other factors that must be considered in selecting a particular energy source....

Development of a Viable Corn Stover Market: Impacts on Corn and Soybean Markets
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Development of a Viable Corn Stover Market: Impacts on Corn and Soybean Markets

The purpose of the research reported here was to determine to what extent the switch to continuous corn in the Midwest Corn Belt is likely to occur, and if it did, what would be the implications. The major objective of ...

Economic and Policy Evaluation of Solar Energy for Indiana Business and Residential Applications
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Economic and Policy Evaluation of Solar Energy for Indiana Business and Residential Applications

A 12-page publication presenting an economic and policy evaluation of solar energy for Indiana business and residential applications....

Economics of Ethanol
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Economics of Ethanol

4-page publication explaining the economics of ethanol, including its energy value, subsidy-policy incentive value, and additive value....

Energy from the Wind: Planning a Small Wind Turbine for Rural Areas of Indiana
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Energy from the Wind: Planning a Small Wind Turbine for Rural Areas of Indiana

If you are a rural resident or landowner considering adding small wind turbines to either supplement your energy usage or with the goal of supplying 100 percent of the electricity you use (going "off the grid"), you must...

Field to Flight: A Techno-Economic Analysis of the Corn Stover to Aviation Biofuels Supply Chain
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Field to Flight: A Techno-Economic Analysis of the Corn Stover to Aviation Biofuels Supply Chain

An 8-page publication presenting an analysis of the production of aviation biofuel from corn stover, the risk for private investors, and the possible need for government intervention....

How Fuel Ethanol Is Made from Corn
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How Fuel Ethanol Is Made from Corn

4-page publication explaining how fuel ethanol is made from corn and outlining some of the challenges and opportunities this presents....

Is Biodiesel as Attractive an Economic Alternative as Ethanol?
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Is Biodiesel as Attractive an Economic Alternative as Ethanol?

3-page publication explaining the economics of biodiesel, including how biodiesel is used, the economics of biodiesel production, and the prospects for technological improvements....

Meeting the Ethanol Demand: Consequences and Compromises Associated with More Corn on Corn in Indiana
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Meeting the Ethanol Demand: Consequences and Compromises Associated with More Corn on Corn in Indiana

4-page publication explaining the consequences of and compromises involved in planting more corn after corn for ethanol production....

Solar Heating Systems for Confinement Livestock Buildings
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Solar Heating Systems for Confinement Livestock Buildings

This publication is designed to help the livestock producer evaluate the potential of solar heating for a particular situation. It also discusses the major factors affecting the use of solar energy and the two types of s...

Synergies Between Cover Crops and  Corn Stover Removal
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Synergies Between Cover Crops and Corn Stover Removal

A 12-page publication estimating the costs and benefits associated with cover crops at the interface of stover removal in the Midwest....

The Wind Energy Ordinance Process for Local Government
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The Wind Energy Ordinance Process for Local Government

Use of wind energy has become a viable and substantial strategy for expanding renewable electricity production in the Midwest, and more so recently throughout Indiana. However, preparation for wind energy development req...

What is Biodiesel?
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What is Biodiesel?

2-page publication defining biodiesel and explaining some of its advantages and limitations as a fuel....