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Biocentury Research Farm Summary Andrew Suby Iowa State University, Asuby@Iastate.Edu Farm Progress Reports 2016 Report Number RFR-A16140 Issue 1 2016 Farm Progress Reports 2017 BioCentury Research Farm Summary Andrew Suby Iowa State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/farmprogressreports Part of the Agriculture Commons Recommended Citation Suby, Andrew (2017) "BioCentury Research Farm Summary," Farm Progress Reports: Vol. 2016 : Iss. 1 , Article 163. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31274/farmprogressreports-180814-2024 Available at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/farmprogressreports/vol2016/iss1/163 This Ag Engineering/Agronomy, Central Iowa and BioCentury Research Farms is brought to you for free and open access by the Extension and Experiment Station Publications at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Farm Progress Reports by an authorized editor of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Iowa State University, Ag Engineering/Agronomy, Central Iowa, and BioCentury Research Farms ISRF16-16, 30 BioCentury Research Farm Summary RFR-A16140 - Thermochemical research that included biomass gasification, pyrolysis, and solvent Andrew Suby, manager liquefaction processes - Educational support Introduction - Infrastructure and equipment The BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) had a - Grants, appropriations, donations, and diversity of users in 2016. Iowa State awards University (ISU) faculty and staff from the Departments of Agricultural and Biosystems Algae. Various production systems, including Engineering (ABE); Agronomy; flat panel bioreactors, two raceway pond Biochemistry; Chemical and Biological systems, a novel revolving algal biofilm Engineering (CBE); Civil, Construction, and (RAB) system, and various lab-scale reactors Environmental Engineering (CCEE); and located in the BCRF Algae Facility are being Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN), used to grow algae. The major focus for these as well as the Bioeconomy Institute (BEI), algal growth systems is removal of nutrients Center for Crops Utilization Research (nitrogen and phosphorus) and toxic metals (CCUR), College of Agriculture and Life from municipal and industrial wastewaters. A Sciences (CALS), and Extension and mobile pilot-scale RAB system was developed Outreach conducted research, teaching, and/or in 2015 to treat wastewater on site at outreach at the BCRF. Private industry users municipalities and industrial processors. of the BCRF included ARGO, Deere & Offsite projects in Fort Dodge and Dallas Company, DuPont Cellulosic Ethanol, Phillips Center, Iowa, and numerous demonstrations 66, and many others. By the end of 2016, the employed this mobile unit in 2016. BCRF had more than 80 full- and part-time users with projects in all available space. Additionally, newer belt designs were added and further research was conducted on The BCRF Advisory Council was established component materials and processes. Projects in the first quarter of 2016. The first meeting with municipal and industrial groups was held May 17–18. The council discussed continued throughout the year to include the BCRF's strengths and weaknesses to help private companies and the City of Chicago, identify short- and long-term goals and (Illinois) water treatment plant. The developed an action plan for future work. researchers led by Zhiyou Wen, FSHN, can produce 1.3 to 4.5 kg of dried algae Research, Education, and Equipment biomass/week in the BCRF facility. A great deal of project activity occurred in the following areas: The diverse algae species grown in the facility are suited for different end uses. Algae with - Algae research and production methods high lipid levels are best for producing - Biochemical research biodiesel, and algae with high protein levels - Biomass feedstock logistics research and good amino acid profiles are used for - Biomass preparation livestock feed. Algae biomass grown on - Biopolymer research wastewater is being studied as an organic fertilizer. 10 Iowa State University, Ag Engineering/Agronomy, Central Iowa, and BioCentury Research Farms ISRF16-16, 30 Biochemical. Work expanded in this area in spp. rhizomes with a semi-automated planter 2016. Bench-scale projects continued on at three locations in Iowa. This project, the campus and there is the potential for scaling Long-Term Assessment of Miscanthus these up at the BCRF in 2017. In February, a Productivity and Sustainability (LAMPS), is project to grow a single cell microbe was designed to answer several questions about completed in the 500-liter fermentor for an Miscanthus giganteus production. The industrial client. In the fourth quarter, work overarching goal for LAMPS is to answer the began on several week-long fermentations in questions farmers are asking about the 1,000-liter fermentor for another industrial Miscanthus, especially those concerning client. This work continued into 2017. Steam fertility rates and quantifying yields using tube drying testing was completed in August. commercial harvesting equipment. Biomass feedstock logistics. Multiple projects LAMPS has several partners and sponsors to continued in this area in 2016 with the most accomplish its project goals. ISU and the notable ones related to the DuPont Cellulosic University of Iowa assisted with planting Ethanol (DCE) and POET-DSM Advanced costs; Repreve Renewables, LLC provided Biofuels research led by Matt Darr and Stuart plant material and planting equipment; New Birrell, ABE. Holland Agriculture provided equipment leases; and the Bioeconomy Institute, For the DCE project, work continued in the Department of Agronomy, Iowa Energy area of corn stover bale collection and quality Center, and Leopold Center for Sustainable assessment, and added bale processing at the Agriculture provided funding and support. inlet of the plant. The BCRF received numerous bales for observation, stack testing, Biomass preparation. The BCRF prepared ash and moisture content sampling, and other biomass feedstocks for several internal and attribute testing. Over 11,000 bale samples external clients (e.g., universities, national were processed during the 2016 harvest. This laboratories). The farm’s biomass preparation is a typical number of samples processed. lab was used to fine grind, screen, and size the feedstocks. Biomass drying projects also were The DCE plant continued to be commissioned completed. In separate projects, 10 different with a projected date of operation of mid-year entities received processed material totaling 2017. over 19 tons of various feedstocks milled with 0.5 to 19 millimeter screens. Agricultural product development and research support for and from several major In one particular project, the BCRF milled 15 agricultural equipment manufacturers such as tons of corn stover and switchgrass for an off- AGCO, John Deere, New Holland campus industry client. The material was Agriculture, and Vermeer continued in 2016. milled using a round bale processor adapted to In particular, New Holland Agriculture milling square bales. The biomass was used continued to provide ISU with equipment for by the client to test processing equipment quantifying the efficiency of harvesting performance. biomass crops. Drying projects were completed throughout The New Holland equipment enabled the the year and used several different methods. BCRF to continue helping Emily Heaton’s Biomass materials such as wood chips, corn research group (Agronomy) plant Miscanthus stover, and switchgrass were dried using a 11 Iowa State University, Ag Engineering/Agronomy, Central Iowa, and BioCentury Research Farms ISRF16-16, 30 combination of different drying methods such from ABE, Agronomy, FSHN, and Plant as oven, belt conveyor, and rotary steam tube Pathology and Microbiology, as well as the dryers. CyBiz Program, visited the farm. Biopolymer research. The Bio-Polymer The BCRF also supported several capstone Processing Facility was completed and projects that included development of a low- dedicated August 26, 2015. The project was temperature grain drying system, a led by Eric Cochran (CBE) and Chris Miscanthus single pass harvester, a zipline Williams (CCEE) in collaboration with Argo retrieval system, and a baler bearing wear Genesis Chemical, LLC, an affiliated measurement test program. company of Seneca Petroleum, Crestwood, Illinois. System commissioning, cold weather Infrastructure and equipment. The DuPont repairs, and an extensive process safety review soil separator was delivered to the BCRF in were completed in 2016. Research will begin mid-year 2016. Concrete footings were in 2017. installed in late 2016 and the system will be reassembled in 2017. Thermochemical. Robert Brown’s (BEI, Mechanical Engineering) fast pyrolysis unit Grants, appropriations, donations, and located at the BCRF was used for bio-oil awards. The BCRF has been well supported production from red oak and corn stover for by private industry donations. In 2016, internal and external projects. This work was DuPont Cellulosic Ethanol (DCE) donated a done to explore possible uses for individual one-of-a-kind soil separator processing plant fractions, including a path to fermentable valued at $219,000. This addition allows the sugars and generation of pilot-plant data for BCRF to provide stover at ash content rates system scale up. Excellent progress was made below typically harvested material. in increased throughput using autothermal pyrolytic processes, sustainable corn stover In 2010, the BCRF was recognized by processing, and alternative
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