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Cornstalk Gas: Illinois Scientists Turn Waste to Fuel
At a Minneapolis meeting, Dr. A. M. Buswell and assistant Boruff report fermenting cornstalks with sewage sludge to yield methane. The process uses bacteria in a sealed tank to convert cellulose into methane and carbon dioxide, offering a potential farm and city fuel source and extra industrial byproducts like dry ice and paper pulp from stalks.
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John
Minneapolis
American Chemical Society
University of Illinois
A. M. Buswell
C. 5
Borulf
Illinois
Buswell
Dr. Buswell
Middle West
O. R. Sweeny
Iowa State College
Danville
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Urbana
America
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Lissauhary
Science
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Wallloard
Chicago