Nevada researchers turn chicken feather meal into fuel and better food

Biofuels Digest
March 24, 2010

In Nevada, researchers at the Renewable Energy Center at the University of Nevada, Reno have developed a technique to convert the 12 percent fat content in chicken feather meal to biodiesel. Typically, chicken feather meal is used as a fertilizer or as a low-grade animal feed.

After fat extraction and biodiesel conversion, the remaining meal has been upgraded in nutrient or fertilizer value, as well as recovering the value of the biodiesel. The research team determined that 153 Mgy of biodiesel could be made in the US from this source, and up to 593 Mgy globally.

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