1. South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority: Legislative Briefing January 18, 2006
Kevin D. Kephart
Vice President for Research
Dean, Graduate School
South Dakota State University

2. SDSU Research History Feedstocks Conversion Co-products
Dr. Paul Murtaugh – 1970’s
Broad evaluation of feedstocks
Distillation
Demonstrations on Washington DC National Mall
Feedstocks
Conversion
Co-products
Electrical Engineering
National Leadership

3. Agricultural Feedstocks
Starch and sugars
Oilseeds and animal fats
Biomass
Lignocellulosic
Grasses
Woody species
Crop residues
Solid wastes

5. SDSU Feedstock Research
Switchgrass, big bluestem and other grasses
Crop residues
CRP
Agronomic management
Partnerships:
GPISD – Powering the Plains
USDA-ARS
DOE

6. Biomass Conversion Fermentation Pyrolytic Combustion Ethanol
Anaerobic Digesters - Biogas
Pyrolytic
Gasification - Syngas
Hydrothermal Liquification - Bio-oil
Combustion
Co-firing

11. Gasification

12. Pyrolysis Process Recycled non-condensable gases Quencher
Wood Chip Feed
Wood Chip Drying
Wood Grinding
Char collector
Pyrolysis Reactor
Bio-Oil Storage Unit
Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

13. SDSU Conversion Research
Fermentation:
Selection and evaluation of microorganisms
Pretreatments
Hydrothermal liquification
UND-EERC
Gasification
Iowa State University
Syn-gas fermentation for PHA

14. Iowa State University Fluidized Bed Reactor

15. Co-products Distillers grains Glycerol Manure solids Lignin Dry
Solubles
Wet
Glycerol
Manure solids
Lignin

16. SDSU Co-product Research
Animal nutrition - DDGS feeding
Beef, dairy, swine
Wet DDGS storage
DDGS cubes
Glycerol feeding to dairy
Secondary fermentation of stillage
Partnership to industry
SD Corn Utilization Council
SD Soybean Research and Promotion Council
Broin
VeraSun

17. SDSU Electrical Engineering
Wind
Photo-voltaic cells
Nanotechnology
Distributed generation systems
New PhD in Electrical Engineering
Aviation Ethanol

18. National Activities Sun Grant Initiative DOE US DOT Monograph
Fellowships with DOE National Laboratories
Land grant academic programs
US DOT
Forthcoming national award of $42 million

19. Future Conversion Feedstock Distributed energy
Beyond ethanol
Anaerobic digestion
Pyrolysis
Feedstock
Sustainability
Transportation and delivery
Distributed energy
Engineering
Policy and economics
Strong linkage to industry

20. Thank You Kevin D. Kephart Vice President for Research
Dean, Graduate School
South Dakota State University