BioFuels Journal interviewed Douglas Rivers, director of research and development at ICM, Inc., Colwich, KS, about the company's research to integrate first generation ethanol plants with advanced biofuels plants.
Highlights From the Podcast
• Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to do research at LifeLine Foods in St. Joseph, MO.
• Feedstocks include corn fiber, switchgrass and energy sorghum.
• Lifeline Foods is partner with food-grade fractionation process separating fiber. The first-generation plant's fiber may be first commercial opportunity for ethanol to commercialize cellulosic ethanol.
• Lignin-rich residue will be combusted for energy at the plants.
Biography
Douglas Rivers, Ph.D., is the director of research and development at ICM, Inc.
He leads the company's efforts to develop technology and transition it to commercial operations capable of producing food, feed and fuel from grain and cellulose feedstocks while also adding value to agriculture, biofuels, and bio-based product industries.
He is responsible for laboratory and pilot plant operations located in Colwich, KS and St. Joseph, MO.
Dr. Rivers currently serves on the Kansas Governor’s Innovation Consortium and the board of the Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy.
Prior to joining ICM, Dr. Rivers was responsible for a variety of successful development, scale-up and commercialization efforts, including starch and cellulose conversion to ethanol and bio-based product supporting sustainable agriculture.
Before joining ICM, he served in a variety of R & D and business development roles at SAIC, MBI International, Southern Research Institute, ADM, University of Arkansas, and the Gulf Oil Corporation.
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