CenUSA Bioenergy videos/webinars are available on YouTube's CenUSA Bioenergy Channel and on our Vimeo CenUSA page, or you can just jump right in and watch directly from our site by clicking on the title links below. If you have any questions regarding our videos/webinars, drop us an email at cenusa@iastate.edu.
Switchgrass Planting Practices for Stand Establishment (Mar. 2013)
Stand establishment is critical to make growing switchgrass for biofuels economical. CenUSA and USDA-ARS researcher Rob Mitchell will walk you through the keys to successful switchgrass establishment.This video was created with the help of Rob Mitchell, Amy Kohmetscher, and Deana Namuth-Cover;and filmed and edited by Ryan Cole at 3 Pillars Media.
Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Drop In Biofuels (Feb. 2013)
CenUSA Bioenergy Co-Project Director and Iowa State University Distinguished Professor Robert Brown discusses the merits of thermochemical processing of biomass for the production of fuels and bio-based products. Thermochemical processing is distinguished from biochemical processing in the use of heat and catalysts instead of microorganisms and enzymes. This talk will describe the thermochemical technologies of gasification, pyrolysis, and solvent liquefaction and the companies that are developing these commercially.
Optimizing Harvest of Perennial Grasses (Jan. 2013)
CenUSA Bioenergy Co-Project Director and University of Wisconsin professor Kevin Shinners discusses new systems to harvest, handle, store and transport perennial grasses that will be used as biomass feedstocks. (4:49 min.) Video produced by Pam Porter, University of Wisconsin Environmental Resources Center in partnership with the Division of Information Technology
How to Measure Stand Establishment Using a Grid (Jan. 2013)
CenUSA Bioenergy collaborator and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Educator John Guretzky demonstrates how to use a grid to measure perennial grass stand establishment in this training video. (9:04 min)
2012 CenUSA Bioenergy Overview
Learn about CenUSA Bioenergy's vision of sustainable production and distribution of bioenergy derived from perennial grasses grown on marginal land in the Central USA. (CenUSA is supported by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2011-68005-30411 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture)
Dr. Robert Brown is a foremost expert and author on biomass conversion processes with the CenUSA project and the Bioeconomy Institute at Iowa State University. In this presentation he focuses on using thermochemical processes for production of liquid biofuels. Discussion of: feedstocks, renewable fuels technologies, gasification and pyrolysis, products and by-products, energy efficiency, opportunities and challenges, biochar. (Quick Time Movie 56.8MB)
CenUSA Bioenergy CoProject Director and USDA-ARS scientist Rob Mitchell discusses the potential of a native grass, switchgrass, for use in biofuel production. Mitchell, discusses basic information about switchgrass, as well as demonstrating harvesting equipment used and techniques involved. (QuickTime Movie 40.1MB) [Video: Three Pillars Media]
No Till Drill Calibration Training Video
CenUSA Bioenergy CoProject Director Rob Mitchell discusses calibration of the Truax No Till Drill (Seeder) in this short video from the CenUSA-Extension Switchgrass Establishment Field Day held in Mead, Nebraska. (QuickTime Movie 25.6MB) [Video: Three Pillars Media]
CenUSA Bioenergy CoProject Director Stuart Birrell discusses "Switchgrass and Bioenergy Crop Logistics" at the March 20, 2012 CenUSA Switchgrass Establishment Field Day in Mead, Nebraska. (QuickTime Movie 34.5MB) [Video: Three Pillars Media]
CenUSA Bioenergy CoProject Director Ken Vogel (USDA-ARS) discusses "Switchgrass and Perennial Grasses, Biomass and Biofuels" with attendees of the CenUSA-Extension Switchgrass Establishment Field Day held March 20, 2012, in Mead, Nebraska. (QuickTime Movie 29.5MB) [Video: Three Pillars Media]
CenUSA Bioenergy CoProject Director Ken Vogel (USDA-ARS) continues the discussion "Switchgrass and Perennial Grasses, Biomass and Biofuels" with attendees of the CenUSA-Extension Switchgrass Establishment Field Day held March 20, 2012, in Mead, Nebraska. (QuickTime Movie 25.3MB) [Video: Three Pillars Media]
Marty Schmer, Agroecosystem Management Research Unit USDA-ARS, discusses "Switchgrass Cost of Production" at the CenUSA-Extension Switchgrass Establishment Field Day held Mar. 20, 2012 in Mead, Nebraska. (QuickTime Movie 32.8MB) [Video: Three Pillars Media]
CenUSA Bioenergy CoProject Director Rob Mitchell discusses "Switchgrass Establishment, Weed Control, and Seed Quality" at the March 20, 2012, CenUSA-Extension Switchgrass Establishment Field Day held in Mead, Nebraska. (QuickTime Movie 31.4MB) [Video: Three Pillars Media]
CenUSA Bioenergy Advisory Board member David Stock, President of Stock See Farms, provides the industry perspective to attendees of the CenUSA-Extension Switchgrass Establishment Field Day held March 2012, in Mead, Nebraska. (QuickTime Movie 18.2MB) [Video: Three Pillars Media]
| CenUSA Bioenergy is supported by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant No. 2011-68005-30411 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. |
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