Chapter 607 is sponsoring their 5th Vietnam Memorial, this time at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL. The memorial will remember the veterans who fought in Vietnam and against segregation inâ¦.
Largest Corn Waste-To-Ethanol Plant Opens In Iowa. The worldâs largest refinery that turns corn plant waste into ethanol began production Wednesday in Iowa, and many national and international dignitaries in attendance touted the technology as a major step in the shift from the fossil fuel age to a biofuels revolution.
Ethanol Fermentation. Ethanol, which is a type of alcohol, is one of the most popular biofuels. It can be made out of feedstocks such as corn, barley and sugarcane through a chemical process known as ethanol fermentation. Any sugars such as glucose, fructose and sucrose that be converted into cellular energy can produce ethanol. Yeast performs the conversion in the absence of oxygen, which means ethanol fermentation is anaerobic. Fermentation is one of the oldest chemical processes that humans became familiarized with. It can be used to make fuels, several types of food, flavoring, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals.