{"id":32770,"date":"2016-02-24T07:29:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T06:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=32770"},"modified":"2016-02-23T13:08:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T12:08:42","slug":"taking-the-road-less-traveled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/taking-the-road-less-traveled\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the Road Less Traveled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32774\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/newusessidebar-581x194.jpg\" alt=\"newusessidebar-581x194\" width=\"581\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/newusessidebar-581x194.jpg 581w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2016\/02\/newusessidebar-581x194-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>All roads lead to \u2026 new uses for U.S. soybeans? That\u2019s the vision of Eric Cochran and his team at Iowa State University\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.iastate.edu\/news\/2015\/08\/20\/bio-polymerpilotplant\" target=\"_blank\">Bio-Polymer Processing Facility<\/a>, which has introduced soy-based polymers into asphalt modifiers thanks to support from the soy checkoff.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two of the key components of asphalt come from the oil-refining industry, and Cochran and his team of researchers wanted to find a more cost-efficient, environmentally friendly replacement polymer. By converting just a small amount of the asphalt formulation to a more renewable material, the product could greatly increase demand for U.S. soy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dosage rate of this soy-based component is 3 percent of the asphalt binder,\u201d Cochran explains. \u201cTo put it in perspective, there are 500 tons of asphalt binder, or 15 tons of soy derivatives, per lane mile. In Iowa alone, there are 80,000 lane miles of unpaved roads. So there\u2019s lots of opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Cochran\u2019s team and soy industry partners don\u2019t intend to limit themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Cochran and his research group stationed around their monomer production reactor in 2015.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32772\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32772 \" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SidebarStory_Cochran-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"SidebarStory_Cochran-300x200\" width=\"234\" height=\"156\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Cochran and his research group stationed around their monomer production reactor in 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to go global in the future,\u201d says Cochran, who stresses that this is made possible by strong industry collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was pleasantly surprised at what a community of soy researchers there is out there,\u201d he adds. \u201cMy favorite part of the checkoff research experience was attending the TAP (Technical Advisory Panel) meetings. It\u2019s inspiring to meet others researching new uses for U.S. soy. There are lots of great things in the works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cochran and his team are also exploring soy-adhesive applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All roads lead to \u2026 new uses for U.S. soybeans? That\u2019s the vision of Eric Cochran and his team at Iowa State University\u2019s Bio-Polymer Processing Facility, which has introduced soy-based polymers into asphalt modifiers thanks to support from the soy checkoff. Two of the key components of asphalt come from the oil-refining industry, and Cochran [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[6026],"supplier":[1185],"class_list":["post-32770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biopolymers","supplier-iowa-state-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32770"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=32770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}