Dear all,We do work on AD for poultry slaughterhouses and we are on the point to implement a research project on pre-lyse of feathers treated with acetic acid (in fact with acid condensates issuing from ethanol distillation process). We scrutinize two possible solutions, one is the introduction of degraded feathers in AD process (at acetoclastic phase) and the second, to produce a composite textile / material made of these degraded feathers blended with latex (landolphia)
Will keep posted if of some interest for the group Regards
Jean-luc Sallustro Directeur associé 42, Quartier du Baobab - Labourdonnais, Mapou - MAURITIUS tel+230 2669494 l fax+230 2668906 l gsm+230 2508336
Le 13/07/2012 14:56, Paul Harris a écrit :
G'day A.D Karve et al,I think Keratin is used for artificial nails (its what our nails are anyway, and for industrial products). As it is what rhino horns are made of (I think) it may be used for medicinal purposes as well.It is also used in beauty products - so there's the market. All the best, HOOROO Mr Paul Harris BEng (Ag) (Melbourne) Visitor at The University of Adelaide On 12/07/2012 12:42 PM, Anand Karve wrote:Dear Paul,Chicken feathers represent a waste product that is currently not being used at all. what is keratin used for?Yours A.D.KarveOn Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Paul Harris <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:G'day Randy et al, As chicken feathers are Keratin they may be worth a lot more as Keratin than as methane. Happy digesting(?) HOOROO Mr Paul Harris BEng (Ag) (Melbourne) Visitor at The University of Adelaide_______________________________________________ Digestion mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org for more information about digestion, see Beginner's Guide to Biogas http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/ and the Biogas Wiki http://biogas.wikispaces.com/
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