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Showing posts with label ethanol. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ethanol. Show all posts

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Scientific proof that you can make ethanol from mesquite beans

This is a thesis in Spanish from the University of Piura in Peru obtained threw the generosity of Dr. Gaston  Cruz Alcedo, whom we thank.
Basically it says that you can obtain ethanol from the pulp of the bean and additionally from the tough fiber of said bean after hydrolyzing as you would do any cellulose sample.
We intend to demonstrate that only the yield from the pulp in a commercial operation would be sufficient to render an operation profitable because the remaining sugar in the fibers and other composition of the bean are part of the feed which is made from the left over after the fermentation including the bodies of the yeast that made it so; making the mesquite and its protein content a valuable feed after the alcohol end product.
I am at your service for the translation of any portion of this thesis, credit to the person that wrote the thesis is given by publishing here his front page as it was given in the first lines of this note to the University of Piura.
As an end note will like to mention to all that in Peru, Piurita is but a brand of many other food products that are made using mesquite beans as the raw material.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Harvest 2010

August 27, harvested 2 kg in Corpus Christi, Texas most of the crop had fallen, but still plenty of wholesome beans.
August 29, harvested 2 kg a block from the house in San Antonio, Texas also most of the crop fallen but manage to select a few wholesome beans.
August 30, harvested 2 kg a few block from home in the parking lot of Walmart at Bandera and Isom, also the crop had fallen but did manage to save a few good beans.
Washed and chlorinated all 6 kg and then rinsed and dried, video on this procedure has been blogged earlier, the last two samples were ground with frequent re-drying for the ambient was high in humidity, a friend tufted it and got a granola like looking product, I got my usual meal type product.
In a month will re-do my beer recipe increasing the mesquite portion to the English ale recipe. The rest will be for the bread and pancakes when visit comes.
Keep talking to Valero and all other petrochemical companies with no success did visit the Tall and Straight orchard of Dr. Felker at Kingsville Texas A&M and found it abandoned could not find anyone to talk mesquite to, but it was Saturday. Wrote to a person today that says to be representative of the ethanol connection for US and Brazil, this guy by the name of Delgado is sure sweet on both ends, told him that mesquite could be the 2nd corn, with no investment, it is already planted and needs no care I told him.
Keep mesquiting you all, as I will.

The Mesquite tree

The Mesquite tree
Many strong roots

The history and possibilities of the tree: Mesquite. (Prosopis glandulosa glandulosa mostly in Texas, palida, other variants of this species Prosopis )

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M.S in Microbiology, Wichita State University 1959. Worked for Pet Milk and H.J.Heinz (Mexico), and since 1973 retired consultant for food and feed industries.