{"id":13241,"date":"2013-09-25t08:11:22","date_gmt":"2013-09-25t08:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/soy-based-hydraulic-fluid-for-elevators\/"},"modified":"2013-09-25t08:11:22","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25t08:11:22","slug":"soy-based-hydraulic-fluid-for-elevators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/soy-based-hydraulic-fluid-for-elevators\/","title":{"rendered":"soy-based hydraulic fluid for elevators"},"content":{"rendered":"
editor\u2019s pick: soy is a renewable alternative to petroleum-based products. u.s. farmers grow more than 70 million acres of soybean plants<\/a> each year with the help of the national soy checkoff program<\/a>, which aims to promote a profitable soybean industry. lysa holland, an engineer at pennsylvania state university, connected with dr. joseph perez, an expert on bio-based fuels to begin developing a soy-based elevator fluid as a safe alternative in 1995. in 2002, the usda successfully tested the product in the statue of liberty\u2019s elevator<\/a>. since then, penn state has begun using it to power elevators across their campuses and encourages other universities to do the same.<\/em><\/p>\n more than 100 elevators on penn state’s campus require hydraulic fluid, which is traditionally petroleum-based and problematic when there’s a sprung leak.<\/p>\n not long ago, the university turned to penn state researcher joe perez, a renowned expert on bio-based fuels and lubricants, to help develop an alternative for the 17,000 gallons of hydraulic fluid used by the school.<\/p>\n now penn state is encouraging other schools to convert to soy-based and showing them how.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" what’s greasing the wheels of your elevator? if you’re at penn state, it could be something surprisingly edible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9113,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4897],"tags":[3177,1191,3178,19,3179,81,148],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biofuels","tag-biobased","tag-biofuel","tag-elevators","tag-penn-state","tag-soy-beans","tag-sustainability","tag-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n