Binder containing plant protein and densified refuse fuel cubes made using same and methods of making them

Authors

Jerry D. Eastin, Ceresco, Nebr
David Jones, Lincoln, Nebr
Darin Dux, Pella, Iowa
Harold Earl Egger, Hickman, Nebr

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1998

Citation

Patent Number: 5,763,509

Comments

Appl. No.: 629,377

Abstract

To form a binder from naturally occurring products or a fuel brick or pellet using the binder without extraction or purification steps, the binder utilizes proteins from the germ or endosperm of cereal grasses or from the seed of buckwheat, oil seed plants, Amaranthus or leguminous plants or from leaves or from grain stillage. The protein has a thermoplastic microstructure with linear polymers of molecular weight of at least 2,000 linked with peptide linkages of at least 50 in number. The binder is mixed with waste such as municipal waste without further processing and processed in a pelleting machine.