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5 Crosscutting Opportunities
Pages 32-33

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... Because feedstocks can contribute as much as 40 percent to total bioethanol costs, OFD should make a complete evaluation of the logistics and costs of producing, harvesting, collecting, and transporting feedstocks and their effects on processing economics. Because feedstock residues, such as corn stover, tend to be dispersed, the collection costs of cellulosic biomass usually increase exponentially with distance from the processing plant, and the feedstock 32 collection costs could sharply constrain the optimal size of an ethanol manufacturing plant.
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... Because many experts are working in academia and because of the several distinct technologies essential to bioethanol research, coordinated research centers could facilitate interdisciplinary and crosscutting research. At the same time, the participation of experienced process design engineers from industry could keep research focused on reducing costs.
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  • biofuels activities
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  • foster collaboration
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  • agricultural industry
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