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From: Resource: Engineering & Technology for a SustainableWorld  |  Date: 3/1/2001

How about heating your home or small business with pellets made from cotton gin "trash"?

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Lubbock, Texas, are burning such pellets -- made with a new low-cost, patent-pending system -- in commercial pellet stoves to test their efficiency and effectiveness.

The scientists are conducting the tests through a memorandum of understanding with Insta Pro, International, Des Moines, Iowa. The system can also process cotton gin trash, ...

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