Ideas for used Bio-Mass

[cyclopath]

probably.

@cyclopath

There are so many ways to skin this cat…

my biggest concern is what are we doing with all the skin and bones? (spent biomass & sticks.).

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. I want to make my extraction solvent with it. via cellulosic ethanol production. @Shadownaught has enzymes that might enable that (in case someone else wants to try).

Fungi are the correct answer, whether selected or engineered, or even just as a source of the enzymology. introducing a half dozen novel genes into a hi-test Belgian yeast to enable hemp cellulose as a carbon source and 17-20% starting wash would not be that difficult these days. we’ve had those strains tamed for awhile.

getting the enzymology evolved is the issue imo. there has been some exploration here.

eg

Ethanol's expensive. Make your own from your waste biomass?

Ethanol production from industrial hemp.pdf (828.8 KB) It’s almost certainly cheaper to just buy it if you’re operating on the smaller end of the scale. For some of the bigger processors though, that 2-5% solvent loss adds up in a real hurry, especially if you’re using beverage grade/excise paid ethanol.