New Soybean Meal Processing Method May Simplify Biodiesel Production: USDA Research

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Journal of Technology: December 30, 2008 12:01:00 AM EST

According to recent research published in the journal Aquaculture, "A new method of soybean meal processing has been developed, which may simplify the process of biodiesel production. This method, 'in situ transesterification', eliminates hexane extraction to remove the oil, combining the extraction and transesterification steps so as to synthesize biodiesel via a single treatment conducted directly on a lipid-bearing solid material."

"If the resulting meal is comparable in nutritional value to commercially available hexane-extracted soybean meal (SE-SBM) the new process could become widely used in the bio-fuel industry.

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