Aug 31, 2021 to Sep 02, 2021
An innovate use for soy has been created in the form of the soy-based dust suppressant called Epic EL. This product will offer a sustainable choice to improve air quality for people, pets, livestock and crops in rural, urban and business communities.
Based in Elk Grove Village, Ill., BioBlend Renewable Resources manufactures Epic EL (EsterLink) — a dust suppressant made from soybean oil and glycerin, a coproduct of biodiesel production. About
190 bushels of soybeans are used to make a 275-gallon tote of Epic EL-100 concentrate.
Jim Bahr, senior research engineer in the Research and Creative Activities Department at North Dakota State University, created the base chemistry that BioBlend is commercializing.