Ruminant digestive system provides blueprint for small-scale biorefineries
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Every year, South Africa produces about 83 million tons of agricultural, municipal and fruit waste, which could potentially be used as a fuel source for biorefinery operations.
Researchers from Stellenbosch University are designing a lowcost solution for the establishment of small-scale biorefinery operations in South Africa and elsewhere on the continent.
Their concept is based on mimicking some of the processes that occur in the four-stomach digestive
