Title: Scavenger Hunt
Course: ENGY 115 Agricultural Wastes to Biofuels > Section: ENGY 115 Agricultural Wastes to Biofuels

Scavenger Hunt

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Advanced Cellulosic Biofuels Scavenger Hunt
Complete all four parts of the Scavenger Hunt using Internet resources, and use your word processing program to write your findings.

Part A:

Search the web to learn more about biodiesel from corn oil. One good source is the Department of Energy website.

1. How is biodiesel made from corn oil?

2. What are the pros and cons of using corn oil-based biodiesel as ethanol feedstock?

3. How does biodiesel processing from corn oil compare with the corn kernel?

Part B:

Search the web to find answers to the following questions. Cite URL source.

1. Discuss various sources for cellulosic biofuel feedstocks.

2. What are some of the Federal Government's cellulosic biofuel research projects?

Part C:
Explain how cellulosic ethanol differs from cereal grain-based ethanol.

Part D:

Search the web and find three companies who are working to commercialize cellulosic ethanol plants.
Guidelines
Format: PDF in Standard report format. Upload in the course Dropbox.

Length: Minimum 3 pages, double-spaced. Equivalent of approximately 750 words.

Cover page: class title, student’s name; professor’s name; date; references

Copyright guidelines WILL BE adhered to for all research papers. Refer to SIC policy below:
http://www.sic.edu/currentstudents.php?Page=currentstudents&Sub1=policies&Sub2=Copyright

References will be cited on the cover page using a web-based citation generator such
http://www.easybib.com/cite/view
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