• In separate papers published today in Biophysical Journal and recently in an issue of Biomacromolecules , Los Alamos researchers identify potential weaknesses among sheets of cellulose molecules comprising lignocellulosic biomass, the inedible fibrous material derived from plant cell walls. (scienceblog.com)
  • Lignocellulosic biomass is considered one of the most promising biomass resources since it does not compete directly with food and is largely availability on a world-wide basis. (themarea.org)
  • The Purdue-led Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio) will use the additional funding to advance methods for converting plant lignocellulosic biomass - the bulk of the plant - to biofuels and other bio-based products currently derived from oil by the use of new chemical catalysts and thermal treatments. (purdue.edu)
  • Lignin is an aromatic polymer and represents a substantial fraction of lignocellulosic biomass, such as wood and agricultural waste. (lu.se)
  • The insight ultimately could lead to a cost-effective and energy-efficient strategy for turning biomass into alternative fuels. (scienceblog.com)
  • The North American SAF Conference & Expo, produced by SAF Magazine, in collaboration with the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) will showcase the latest strategies for aviation fuel decarbonization, solutions for key industry challenges, and highlight the current opportunities for airlines, corporations and fuel producers. (biodieselmagazine.com)
  • A general survey of fuels with an emphasis on biofuels (bioethanol, biodiesel, biogas, hydrogen and other alternative fuels - which may or may not renewable? (docbrown.info)
  • Biofuels are alternative fuels to fossil fuels produced from plant material or animal dung i.e. from once living materials. (docbrown.info)
  • However, it is vital that they remain dry during transport and that atmospheric conditions are carefully monitored and controlled when stored in biomass domes to avoid unwanted combustion. (biggreenswitch.co.uk)
  • Most of the households in developing countries burn biomass fuel in traditional stoves with incomplete combustion that leads to high indoor air pollution and acute respiratory infections. (hindawi.com)
  • Incomplete combustion of biomass fuel for domestic energy requirement with very traditional stoves in three-rock adjustment leads to high indoor air pollution [ 2 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • For the third time, the Excellence Cluster Tailor-Made Fuels from Biomass will host the conference, where international experts from academia and industry will meet to discuss new trends and developments in the synthesis, production, and combustion of modern biofuels. (rwth-aachen.de)
  • This document describes a method for determination of grindability of graded thermally treated and densified biomass fuels such as classified in ISO/TS 17225-8, for the purposes of preparing fuels with a defined particle size distribution for effective combustion in pulverized fuel boilers. (sis.se)
  • Fuel is one of the central issues in biomass combustion. (binder-gmbh.at)
  • Non-standard types of fuel require highly specialised solutions to ensure combustion within legal emission limits. (binder-gmbh.at)
  • No problem, we are happy to test your fuel in our test center and will advise you an optimum combustion system. (binder-gmbh.at)
  • The first phase of the ACACIA pilot study included "analyzing particle emissions produced by burning multiple African biomass fuels at LANL - including acacia, eucalyptus, mopane, wanza, cow-dung and savanna grass that have a moisture content below 15% as measured at LANL - and focusing on various combustion conditions, by adjusting the temperature of a tube furnace, according to gas analyzer data and modified combustion efficiency calculations. (ncat.edu)
  • The team further performs aging experiments on selected African fuel-derived primary combustion emissions using an oxidation flow reactor. (ncat.edu)
  • The facility is set up to run standard Water Boil Tests with real-time fuel mass loss and combustion emissions measurement. (mit.edu)
  • The health impacts of these fuels are conservative estimates because they only account for what is emitted outdoors at stationary sources, during combustion. (harvard.edu)
  • However, due to the tenacity of cellulose fibers, the United States currently lacks an energy-efficient and cost-effective method for turning inedible biomass such as switch grass or corn husks into a sweet source of biofuels. (scienceblog.com)
  • These results are some of the first to come from this team, and eventually could point us toward an economical and viable process for making biofuels from cellulosic biomass," adds Langan, director of the biofuels project. (scienceblog.com)
  • Deploying effective carbon capture and storage at biofuels plants will cement ethanol and biodiesel as the lowest carbon liquid fuels commercially available in the marketplace. (biodieselmagazine.com)
  • Russian Biofuels Association is pleased to invite you to attend the International Congress & Expo "BIOMASS: Fuel & Power" . (ikar.ru)
  • In December 2018 President Vladimir Putin has signed a law regulating the production and trade of fuel ethanol, which finally opens a biofuels market in Russia. (ikar.ru)
  • The theoretical ' carbon neutral ' idea behind using biofuels is that the carbon dioxide released on burning is re absorbed by plants and utilised in photosynthesis to create the next fuel crop. (docbrown.info)
  • Awarded a $20 million grant by the federal government in the first round of EFRCs in 2009, the center also is researching how to produce biofuels that closely resemble gasoline and aviation fuel in terms of their molecular makeup and energy density, she said. (purdue.edu)
  • Using biofuels is important to help combat global warming by reducing harmful carbon emissions into the air and loosen dependence on fossil fuels and foreign countries. (bionomicfuel.com)
  • Biofuels are created using biomass energy . (bionomicfuel.com)
  • Biofuels make up an important step to a cleaner world that includes more efficient fuels. (bionomicfuel.com)
  • Biofuels like ethanol made from corn and biodiesel made from soybeans are critical to end dependence on fossil fuels and protect the earth. (bionomicfuel.com)
  • The wood pellets are reclaimed and conveyed to a fuel feed bin and then pneumatically conveyed and injected into the combustor. (powermag.com)
  • Traditional materials for fuel pellets are wood chips, wood shavings, sawdust from sawmills, or forestry residues such as branches, bark, and leaves. (biggreenswitch.co.uk)
  • Biomass pellets are produced in a pellet production plant. (biggreenswitch.co.uk)
  • It is then forced through a high-pressure screen to form hard, short, dense biomass pellets. (biggreenswitch.co.uk)
  • Why are biofuel pellets a good fuel choice? (biggreenswitch.co.uk)
  • If plants are planted to replace trees used to produce biomass fuel, biomass pellets will become a sustainable fuel source. (biggreenswitch.co.uk)
  • Biofuel pellets release fewer environmental toxins than fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas. (biggreenswitch.co.uk)
  • If your biomass boiler is properly maintained, wood pellets produce very little smoke when burned. (biggreenswitch.co.uk)
  • Biomass pellets can generate electricity similarly to coal, allowing existing coal-fired power stations to be converted to renewable bioenergy. (biggreenswitch.co.uk)
  • All this makes biomass pellets an efficient and multifunctional material produced from renewable sources. (biggreenswitch.co.uk)
  • In recent years, however, there has been an increase in the construction of large-scale biomass power plants reliant upon fuel imports from overseas, resulting in a rapid increase in fuel imports such as wood pellets and palm kernel shells (PKS). (foejapan.org)
  • Biomass is a key utility resource, particularly for rural areas, and the wood fuel supply chain (including wood pellets and wood chips) requires UK production and imported pellets "in equal measure", according to Biomass Heat Works! (bioenergy-news.com)
  • Lebus added that suppliers are "pulling out all the stops" to ensure wood fuel deliveries arrive on time, but with imported pellets reaching UK ports on a weekly basis, there are concerns over the stability of biomass fuel supplies. (bioenergy-news.com)
  • Burning biomass pellets releases carbon, but the development of the biofuel industry encourages the replanting of crops to absorb the released carbon. (power-technology.com)
  • The agreement would make Enviva an exclusive supplier of up to 750,000 metric tons per year of sustainably sourced woody biomass to Alder's first Alder Greencrude (AGC) production facility, soon to be under construction in the southeastern United States. (bioenergy-news.com)
  • The supply of sustainably sourced woody biomass feedstock by Enviva is expected to commence in 2024, which will meet rigorous sustainability criteria, subject to independent, third-party audits and certifications, the company said. (bioenergy-news.com)
  • Vattenfall and Drax both co-founded the Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP), which aims to certify sources of woody biomass. (power-technology.com)
  • Six BTL systems are modelled and evaluated which are based on pressurised oxygen gasification of woody biomass, and specifically on circulating fluidised bed and entrained flow gasification systems. (aston.ac.uk)
  • Using biomass to generate energy produces more greenhouse gas emissions than burning coal. (hydrogenfuelnews.com)
  • It has been suggested that advanced stoves, which burn fuel more efficiently and reduce smoke emissions, may help to reduce household air pollution in poor, rural settings. (lse.ac.uk)
  • When the fuels are imported and burned to generate energy in Japan it results in large, immediate emissions to the atmosphere. (foejapan.org)
  • The current FIT planning guidelines do not include assessments of GHG emissions throughout the lifecycle of biomass power generation operations. (foejapan.org)
  • More positively, the net CO2 and the NOx emissions significantly reduced with increasing of biomass substitutions in the co-firing system. (strath.ac.uk)
  • The regulations weren't perfect, but they basically incorporated the findings of the state-commissioned Manomet Study , which found that when trees are burned for fuel in biomass electricity plants, the net carbon emissions over a period of more than 40 years are greater than those from coal - even taking forest carbon sequestration into account . (pfpi.net)
  • 3. Estimated over a 20-year period, the net greenhouse gas emissions of a biomass-burning facility can be no greater than 50% of the emissions from a natural gas facility . (pfpi.net)
  • This fuel burns cleaner than pure gasoline, but there are still harmful emissions that contribute to global warming. (bionomicfuel.com)
  • The 85 percent ethanol blend is a much cleaner burning fuel that significantly reduces harmful emissions and is very environmentally friendly. (bionomicfuel.com)
  • Our findings show that while there are public health benefits from reducing coal emissions, gas, biomass, and wood are not clean or healthy alternative energy sources. (harvard.edu)
  • The EU has labelled biomass as a sustainable fuel source because its emissions come from carbon previously removed from the atmosphere. (power-technology.com)
  • The program produces industrial standards for biomass feedstocks and their chain of custody and emissions during delivery. (power-technology.com)
  • Atmospheric emissions of a fuel oil may be determined primarily by detection of its volatile hydrocarbon components. (cdc.gov)
  • Hydrocarbon emissions detected at fixed-roof fuel oil and low vapor pressure distillate storage tanks were only 8% of the emissions estimated for these facilities using the equations developed by the American Petroleum Institute (Wilson et al. (cdc.gov)
  • 1978). The relationships have been quantified between the components in diesel fuel blends, the variables of the emissions when the fuel is burned, and their biological effects (Westerholm and Egerback 1991). (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have demonstrated a novel integrated conversion process for algal biomass to produce fuel and chemical products of sufficient quality to be blend-ready feedstocks for further processing. (greencarcongress.com)
  • Though algae-based feedstocks offer a greater theoretical con- version yield in terms of gallons of gasoline equivalent per ton of biomass over terrestrial-based feedstocks, reducing the costs for algal feedstocks remains a challenge for renewable fuel production. (greencarcongress.com)
  • Conversion of algal biomass to succinic acid using a biological route is particularly advantageous from a sustainability viewpoint as renewable algae biomass has a higher productivity than terrestrial feedstocks and biological routes to succinic acid consume CO 2 rather than releasing it and reduce the need for conversion of dangerous chemicals such as benzene or butane. (greencarcongress.com)
  • To determine the fuel gains in ethanol production, six cases, encompassing three feedstocks, five process fuels, and three process variations, have been examined. (trb.org)
  • For each case, two end-uses (automotive fuel use and replacement of petrochemical feedstocks) were scrutinized. (trb.org)
  • Globally, about 2.4 billion people rely on biomass fuel as their main source of domestic energy and most of those people live in developing countries, where more than 90% of people cook using biomass fuel [ 3 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The organisation stressed that many large-scale agricultural producers rely on biomass fuel. (bioenergy-news.com)
  • Biomass stoves, boilers & burners. (ikar.ru)
  • Information about the different fuel types available for biomass boilers, the regulations, considerations to take and information on procurement . (treco.co.uk)
  • The process of torrefaction moves the chemical and physical properties of raw biomass close to that of bituminous coal, which allows co-utilization with high substitution ratios of biomass in the existing coal-fired boilers without major modifications. (strath.ac.uk)
  • Projections estimate that in 2018, the health impacts of coal and gas were nearly equal-coal remained the most harmful fuel in the electricity sector, while wood/biomass and gas were most harmful in buildings and industrial boilers. (harvard.edu)
  • Biomass can also be added to a plant that has smaller, older, inefficient coal-fired units: One or more old units can be replaced by a modern, efficient boiler that is designed to best utilize solid fuels, including biomass. (powermag.com)
  • Biomass boiler systems can heat your entire home and water. (biggreenswitch.co.uk)
  • The right type and quality of wood fuel is fundamental to the successful, consistent and long-term functioning of your biomass boiler . (treco.co.uk)
  • CFD modeling of co-firing with varying substitutions of torrefied biomass in a pulverized coal boiler have been carried out. (strath.ac.uk)
  • To figure out the boiler performance when co-firing torrefied biomass, five different cases were involved and simulated, coal only, 25% biomass, 50% biomass, 75% biomass, and 100% biomass on thermal basis, respectively. (strath.ac.uk)
  • The case-study pulverized coal boiler could be fired 100% torrefied biomass without obvious decreasing of the boiler efficiency and fluctuation of boiler load. (strath.ac.uk)
  • Unlike developed countries, with near universal electrification, households in developing countries often choose solid fuels like animal dung, wood, crop residue, and charcoal over clean fuels [ 4 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Since one of D-Lab's main focuses is on alternative biomass fuels, we do a good deal of work on methods for using waste biomass to produce clean fuels. (mit.edu)
  • The more popular methods for production of ethanol and cellulosic ethanol use enzymes that must be isolated first to be added to the biomass and thus convert the starch or cellulose into simple sugars, followed then by yeast fermentation into ethanol. (wikipedia.org)
  • Oct. 12, 2016 - Gevo, Inc. announced yesterday that it has completed production of the world's first cellulosic renewable jet fuel that is specified for commercial flights. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • Gevo successfully adapted its patented technologies to convert cellulosic sugars derived from wood waste into renewable isobutanol, which was then further converted into Gevo's Alcohol-to-Jet fuel (ATJ) fuel. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • Alaska Airlines is expected to fly the first commercial flight using this cellulosic jet fuel in the next few months. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • Gevo believes that this would be the first ever commercial flight flown with a cellulosic renewable jet fuel. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • It was what we first envisioned when the Virgin Green Fund invested in Gevo with the aim of developing fuel from cellulosic materials such as wood waste. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • I am very pleased the first commercial flight using Gevo's cellulosic jet fuel is to be flown soon by Alaska Airlines, as we look to move the aviation industry towards a renewable future," said Sir Richard Branson. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • The investigation, which aligns with the new national science standards, also works as an engineering challenge in which students define problems associated with efficiently converting cellulosic biomass to ethanol. (glbrc.org)
  • Ensyn's first commercial deployment of RTP was in the food chemicals business (1989), converting wood residues to liquids for the production of food products and heating fuels. (ensyn.com)
  • In the fuels application, Ensyn converts solid biomass (typically wood residues) in its RTP process to high yields of a biocrude. (ensyn.com)
  • Villanova is participating in a large Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) to allow the conversion of waste farm residues to transportable liquid bio-oils which have an order of magnitude increase in carbon density compared to the agricultural waste. (themarea.org)
  • 1. "Eligible" biomass fuel is restricted to no more than 15% of the wood from any particular harvest (the biomass industry often claims that they only use "residues" for fuel - that is, the tops and branches left over after commercial sawtimber harvesting. (pfpi.net)
  • A new handbook aims to help designers and entrepreneurs by translating recent R&D advances into practical approaches for improving biomass cookstove performance, usability and affordability. (bioenergylists.org)
  • The Handbook for Biomass Cookstove Research, Design, and Development, was developed in partnership with MIT's D-Lab and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, with funding by UK aid from the UK government. (bioenergylists.org)
  • The leading magazine for the biomass, biogas and biopower sector. (bioenergy-news.com)
  • Most people automatically think of fuels such as biogas, biodiesel, and bioethanol when they hear the term biorefinery. (lu.se)
  • After setting the proper context for the utilization of biomass and some relevant energy science, the conversion of biomass by chemical, thermochemical, biochemical, and combined hybrid processes will be introduced. (themarea.org)
  • The success of C3Bio in this arena of high-risk, high-reward research is revolutionizing how we view biomass - essentially the leftovers of our crop production processes - as one solution to future global energy demands," said Purdue President Mitch Daniels. (purdue.edu)
  • At C3Bio, chemists and chemical engineers are learning to work with highly complex mixtures of biomass components, while plant biologists work to improve biomass structures for new chemical conversion processes. (purdue.edu)
  • The group employs laser and magnetic resonance spectroscopy to characterize plant biomass, biomass conversion processes for renewable fuels, processes for recycling and upcycling of plastic wastes, and bioderived materials, including 3D-printed polymers and composites. (ornl.gov)
  • This work examines the technical and economic feasibility of Biomass-To-Liquid (BTL) processes for the manufacture of liquid hydrocarbon fuels. (aston.ac.uk)
  • Renewable Fuels and Chemicals from Non-Food Biomass. (ensyn.com)
  • Household air pollution can result from fuels that are used for cooking, indoor tobacco smoking, insecticides and pest controls, and building materials and chemicals used for cleaning purposes [ 1 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • One strategy to offset these costs is to improve the net profitability of biorefineries through co-production of higher value chemicals in tandem with commodity fuels. (greencarcongress.com)
  • Succinic acid, produced via fermentation of storage carbohydrates present in algal biomass, can serve as a higher-value chemical and as a feedstock for other chemicals such as maleic anhydride, 1,4-butanediol, tetrahydrofuran, and poly-butyl succinate. (greencarcongress.com)
  • Biomass is the only renewable source of organic carbon that can be used directly for fuel or converted to other carbon-based chemicals and fuels by downstream processing. (themarea.org)
  • In the never ending search for sustainable chemicals and fuels, biomass offers some attractive properties along with a plethora of challenges for utilization as a chemical feedstock in a broad range of applications. (themarea.org)
  • This talk will provide an overview of multiple conversion pathways that are being explored to convert biomass to chemicals and fuels. (themarea.org)
  • It will become obvious that a concerted approach must be taken to achieve the triple bottom line required and expand the impact of bio-based chemicals and fuels as we strive to achieve a resilient bio economy. (themarea.org)
  • C3Bio director Maureen McCann, a professor of biological sciences and director of the Purdue Energy Center, said C3Bio is investigating the most carbon- and energy-efficient pathways to route the carbon trapped by photosynthesis in the bodies of plants into energy-dense fuels and high-value chemicals. (purdue.edu)
  • Biorefineries perform the same role, but with biological raw material (biomass) such as plants or microorganisms instead of traditional chemicals. (lu.se)
  • Through bioconversion of biomass to a mixed alcohol fuel, more energy from the biomass will end up as liquid fuels than in converting biomass to ethanol by yeast fermentation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Because of the EU's renewable energy requirements, some European coal-fired plants have implemented or are developing programs that will add biomass to their fuel mix. (powermag.com)
  • Organized by BBI International and produced by Biomass Magazine, this event brings current and future producers of bioenergy and biobased products together with waste generators, energy crop growers, municipal leaders, utility executives, technology providers, equipment manufacturers, project developers, investors and policy makers. (biodieselmagazine.com)
  • The challenge with using biomass as a coal replacement is that if you start doing the accounting and the computations to figure out how much fuel is required to meet our energy needs as a society, you find out that you could very quickly and very easily deforest the planet if you were going to rely on biomass completely," Fry said. (kuer.org)
  • Our goal is to reach readers all over the world with fuel cell news science, green hydrogen alternatives and research reports - Let us know about hydrogen news in your area in our alternative energy press release page and don't miss today's latest renewable energy jobs listed. (hydrogenfuelnews.com)
  • width":"480"}}]] Nearly 40,000 tons of forest residue from the Rim Fire area in Tuolumne County has been removed for use to generate biomass energy, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department. (energyjustice.net)
  • People use many biomass materials for energy production and consider new materials. (biggreenswitch.co.uk)
  • In sub-Saharan Africa, 77% of energy needs of households are met by burning biomass fuels, mainly for household cooking and heating [ 5 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • While we believe it is important to promote renewable energy, we are concerned that promoting large-scale biomass power generation which is predicated upon fuel imports could threaten biodiversity and accelerate climate change. (foejapan.org)
  • In Japan, biomass power generation is promoted by the FIT (Feed-in Tariff Program for Renewable Energy), using a levy added to our electricity bills, in the belief that it is good for the environment. (foejapan.org)
  • The project titled "Studies of optical and chemical properties of aged and fresh biomass burning absorbing aerosols for climate models" is funded by the Department of Energy. (ncat.edu)
  • The fuel mixture include synthetic kerosene with carbon dioxide, water and renewable energy sources. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • Torrefied biomass has several benefits, such as higher energy density, good grindability, higher flowability and uniformity. (strath.ac.uk)
  • When the State of Massachusetts issued draft regulations last spring to restrict eligibility of low-efficiency biomass power for renewable energy credits, scientists and activists lauded the action. (pfpi.net)
  • According to public records, the biomass industry spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to lobby the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources. (pfpi.net)
  • Biomass as an alternative energy source has been a very hot topic. (bionomicfuel.com)
  • Considerable public interest and debate have been focused on the so-called energy balance issue involved in the conversion of biomass materials into ethanol for fuel use. (trb.org)
  • This report addresses questions of net gains in premium fuels that can be derived from the production and use of ethanol from biomass, and shows that for the US alcohol fuel program, energy balance need not be a concern. (trb.org)
  • and (3) Net energy gain (for all fuels). (trb.org)
  • In this study the investment of energy (in the form of premium fuels) in alcohol production includes all investment from cultivating, harvesting, or gathering the feedstock and raw materials, through conversion of the feedstock to alcohol, to the delivery to the end-user. (trb.org)
  • Energy requirements calculated for the six process cycles accounted for fuels used directly and indirectly in all stages of alcohol production, from agriculture through distribution of product to the end-user. (trb.org)
  • Wind, solar, and other non-fuel combusting renewable energy are the healthiest energy sources available for generating electricity, powering our factories, and heating our homes. (harvard.edu)
  • Burning gas and biomass have significant health impacts and should be replaced with clean renewable energy sources. (harvard.edu)
  • Taken together, biomass and wood have the fastest-growing share of early deaths in the major energy-consuming sectors. (harvard.edu)
  • This paper investigates various approaches to producing fuels from biomass through gasification, investigating such things as chemically bound energy and co-production of fuels. (lu.se)
  • Various ways to produce different fuels and the efficiency to chemically bound energy will be reported as will the effects of co-production of fuels. (lu.se)
  • Convert between different biomass energy units. (engineeringtoolbox.com)
  • Data from the International Energy Agency show the fuel growing by 25% in the next five years. (power-technology.com)
  • The overall energy efficiency and production costs of the BTL designs evaluated range from 37.9% to 47.6% LHV and €17.88-25.41 per GJ of produced fuels, respectively. (aston.ac.uk)
  • The idea is that solar light can be used to extract electrons from water and use them to convert light energy to energy rich molecules, which are the constituent of the solar fuel. (lu.se)
  • Biomass generation relies on crops and timber, though these have some of the same hidden problems of coal. (power-technology.com)
  • This interest has led to an increase in the development and production of biomass crops. (cdc.gov)
  • Women in developing countries who are exposed to biomass cooking of liquids and fuels, including wood, crops, animal dung, and coal, are at increased risk of developing COPD. (medscape.com)
  • In addition to being a sustainable fuel source, biomass is widely considered a carbon-neutral fuel, justified by the fact that the same amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere when burned is absorbed by newly planted trees. (biggreenswitch.co.uk)
  • At present, biomass power generation is regarded as "carbon neutral' and is automatically eligible for the FIT in Japan. (foejapan.org)
  • 4)(5) Therefore, biomass power generation is by no means carbon neutral. (foejapan.org)
  • To be considered a carbon neutral fuel, the fuel must be produced, and used efficiently, with no net emission of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide which contributes to global warming. (docbrown.info)
  • The Biodiesel Summit: Sustainable Aviation Fuel & Renewable Diesel is a forum designed for biodiesel and renewable diesel producers to learn about cutting-edge process technologies, new techniques and equipment to optimize existing production, and efficiencies to save money while increasing throughput and fuel quality. (biodieselmagazine.com)
  • At the core of each of these applications is the same platform RTP technology that has been in use for the last two decades and which Ensyn is now deploying in the build out of production capacity for the fuels business. (ensyn.com)
  • This production has been primarily dedicated to the production of food ingredients and renewable heating fuels. (ensyn.com)
  • Ensyn is now ramping up its production capacity for a broader commercialization of heating fuels and to meet demand from refineries for biocrude as a renewable feedstock. (ensyn.com)
  • Large-scale biomass fuel production will cause deforestation and forest degradation, which will have a major impact on biodiversity and accelerate climate change. (foejapan.org)
  • However, when the production of biomass fuels contributes to deforestation and degradation, the carbon stock stored in forests and soil decreases and carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. (foejapan.org)
  • This is not sufficient to prevent adverse impacts on forest ecosystems in extreme cases such as clear cutting of natural forests for fuel production. (foejapan.org)
  • We believe that biomass power generation should be small-scale and distributed, based on the principles of local production for local consumption and cascading use, and provide both heat and power. (foejapan.org)
  • The end-uses were further divided into three variations in fuel economy and two different routes for production of ethanol from petrochemicals. (trb.org)
  • There will be no attempt to suggest any optimal method for fuel production from biomass through gasification since every case is unique regarding available biomass and desired fuels. (lu.se)
  • The results show that a catalytic reforming outperforms a thermal reforming and that co-production of fuels is beneficial. (lu.se)
  • Brandin, Jan. / Fuel Production From Gasified Biomass-A Feasibility Study . (lu.se)
  • The organisation has a schedule of public consultations and working groups looking to "review, revise, and refresh" biomass production standards. (power-technology.com)
  • Published modelling studies of BTL systems based on gasification have only used deterministic estimates of fuel production costs to assess economic viability without accounting for uncertainties of their model parameters. (aston.ac.uk)
  • Unlike other studies, the present techno-economic assessment examines and quantifies the effect of uncertainty of key parameters on the fuel production costs. (aston.ac.uk)
  • Three fuel synthesis technologies are considered: Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, methanol conversion followed by Methanol to Gasoline (MTG) and the Topsoe Integrated Gasoline (TIGAS) synthesis.Published modelling studies of BTL systems based on gasification have only used deterministic estimates of fuel production costs to assess economic viability without accounting for uncertainties of their model parameters. (aston.ac.uk)
  • Safety and health in on- farm biomass production and processing. (cdc.gov)
  • There is significant interest in biomass production ranging from government agencies to the private sector, both inside and outside of the traditional production agricultur al setting. (cdc.gov)
  • From a review of the scientific literature, it is seen that little effort has been put into identifying, classifying, and preventing safety hazards in on- farm biomass production systems. (cdc.gov)
  • This article describes the current status of the knowledge pertaining to health and safety factors of biomass production and storage in the U.S. and identifies areas of standards development that the biomass industry needs from the agricultur al safety and health community. (cdc.gov)
  • Ideally biorefineries do not produce waste material as biomass is lost - instead the excess biomass left after production of the economically most interesting products can be used to produce biomethane for use as fuel. (lu.se)
  • Using biomass in industry is a growing field with lots of active research - as we learn more about the methods needed for production in biorefineries, we will be able to produce completely new products with new characteristics that are not possible with traditional methods of production used today. (lu.se)
  • The National Occupational Exposure Survey conducted by NIOSH between 1980 and 1983 estimated that 96,345 employees were exposed to fuel oil no. 2, 1,526 workers were exposed to fuel oil no. 4, and 1,076,518 employees (including 96,255 females) were exposed to kerosene in the workplace. (cdc.gov)
  • Atmospheric releases of fuel oil no. 1 (kerosene) may be expected as a result of its use as a solvent for insecticides and fungicides and by evaporation from open containers when used as a fuel. (cdc.gov)
  • In mobile homes in particular, use of kerosene heaters resulted in an increase in CO and airborne unburned kerosene fuel, an increase in mutagenicity of particle-phase organics, and little mutagenicity in the semivolatile organics (Mumford et al. (cdc.gov)
  • A successful biomass plant design must provide flexibility for handling the expected wide range of biomass fuel properties and characteristics. (powermag.com)
  • Power plant owners and developers have multiple ways to include biomass as a fuel in their fleets. (powermag.com)
  • Whichever option a plant owner chooses, designing a plant, or its retrofit, with the special characteristics of biomass in mind is critical for successful use of the various forms of this renewable fuel. (powermag.com)
  • That's a difficult thing to do because biomass, yes, it burns nicely… But in order to burn in a power plant and in most of our typical power plants, it has to be reduced to a fine powder of particles," he said. (kuer.org)
  • They were able to successfully do this and burn 900 tons of biomass mixed with coal for 24 hours at the PacifiCorp Hunter Power Plant located in Emery County, Utah. (kuer.org)
  • The feedstock for the plant will be a mixture of coal and biomass with the objective of producing synthetic fuel with a carbon footprint that is below that of conventional petroleum based fuels. (confex.com)
  • Biomass materials come from organic plant and animal wastes. (bionomicfuel.com)
  • Over the past decade, the UK's largest power plant operator, Drax, has converted its six coal-fired generators into four biomass burners. (power-technology.com)
  • We have therefore decided to enter into discussions with those involved again before we make a final and irrevocable decision to build the biomass plant in Diemen. (power-technology.com)
  • Biodiesel is another biofuel and in the United States this fuel is generally made from soybeans. (bionomicfuel.com)
  • This fuel cannot be used in regular gasoline engines without some modifications. (bionomicfuel.com)
  • Three fuel synthesis technologies are considered: Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, methanol conversion followed by Methanol to Gasoline (MTG) and the Topsoe Integrated Gasoline (TIGAS) synthesis. (aston.ac.uk)
  • Cofiring-adding biomass generation to existing coal-fired plants-is a relatively inexpensive option. (powermag.com)
  • This protocol, which is appropriate for high school chemistry, environmental science, biology, engineering, and agriculture classes, engages students in the inquiry process by experimenting with different types of biomass, varying pretreatments, and manipulating enzyme and fermentation conditions. (glbrc.org)
  • Biomass, in the broadest sense covers a wide variety of compositions ranging from A to Z (algae to zoo manure). (themarea.org)
  • Household air pollution has been found to increase risk of pneumonia, especially due to exposure from dirty burning biomass fuels. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Fuel oils are complex mixtures of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons whose exposure potentials are based on the environmental fate of the individual components of the mixtures, particularly n-alkanes, branched alkanes, benzene and alkylbenzenes, naphthalenes, and PAHs. (cdc.gov)
  • General population exposure is potentially the greatest for persons living near an area where fuel oils have been dumped and have migrated into the groundwater or when fuel oil vapor has penetrated the soil and may enter basements of buildings. (cdc.gov)
  • The researchers created the biomass fuel by using two methods - torrefaction and steam explosion - to break down the wood and mix it with some coal. (kuer.org)
  • The steam explosion places the biomass into a pressurized vessel with steam that breaks down the wood. (kuer.org)
  • It is actually making a hydrogen dominated combustible gas from the wood or biomass in the stove and it is then feeding that gas back into the stove for the purpose of heat and for making more gas. (knowledgepublications.com)
  • Much larger than most camp stove with a rating of 10,000 BTUs you can run the stove off of fuel all around you (wood chips, twigs, branches, pine cones, and acorns). (knowledgepublications.com)
  • Bioenergy industry leaders are urging the UK Government to keep wood fuel supply chains fully open to ensure heat can be provided to key frontline organisations and businesses. (bioenergy-news.com)
  • BOSTON - A new study finds that burning natural gas, biomass, and wood now have more negative health impacts than burning coal in many states , and is a trend that may continue. (harvard.edu)
  • As coal use has decreased, the share of health impacts from stationary sources has risen from gas, wood, and biomass. (harvard.edu)
  • In 2008 early deaths attributed to burning biomass and wood accounted for around 14-17% of average total deaths from stationary sources but by 2017, biomass and wood increased to 39-47% of total averaged early deaths. (harvard.edu)
  • Health impacts from coal are decreasing while the share of impacts from gas and wood/biomass are increasing, and this will likely continue beyond 2017. (harvard.edu)
  • In some regions, the widespread use of biomass fuels, such as wood, grasses, or other organic materials, also contributes to COPD prevalence. (msdmanuals.com)
  • This fuel burns much cleaner and can be used alone or in combination with traditional diesel fuel of varying strength. (bionomicfuel.com)
  • The government makes cash payments to customers under the RHI scheme based on their biomass usage to encourage both residential and commercial fuel consumers to switch to renewable fuel sources. (biggreenswitch.co.uk)
  • Ensyn has an established business supplying renewable heating & cooling fuels to commercial and industrial clients. (ensyn.com)
  • The study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published in Environmental Research Letters is the first to provide an inventory of the health impacts of each type of fuel burned at stationary sources from 2008-2017, based on available data. (harvard.edu)
  • Fuel consuming stationary sources in 2017 were responsible for an estimated $524 billion to $777 billion in health impacts and 47,000-69,000 premature deaths, 33,000-53,000 of which were due to fuel sources other than coal. (harvard.edu)
  • Together these fuels accounted for an estimated 70-77% of total early deaths from fuel consuming stationary source PM2.5 in 2017. (harvard.edu)
  • While wind and solar power can come from anywhere, biomass needs to be imported, as with coal before it. (power-technology.com)
  • Researchers from institutions including Lund University have taken a step closer to producing solar fuel using artificial photosynthesis. (lu.se)
  • Researchers around the world are therefore attempting to borrow ideas from photosynthesis in order to find a way to produce solar fuel artificially. (lu.se)
  • However, producing solar fuel, for example in the form of hydrogen gas or methanol, requires entirely different technology. (lu.se)
  • A device that can do this - a solar fuel cell - is a complicated machine with light-collecting molecules and catalysts", said Villy Sundström. (lu.se)
  • In the present study, Professor Sundström and his colleagues have developed and studied a special molecule that can serve as a model for the type of chemical reactions that can be employed in a solar fuel cell. (lu.se)
  • The molecule comprises two metal centres, one that collects the light and another that imitates the catalyst where the solar fuel is produced. (lu.se)
  • Principal investigator (PI) Solomon Bililign, Ph.D., a professor in N.C. A&T's departments of physics and applied science and technology (AST), co-PI Marc Fiddler, Ph.D., and LANL lab group leader Manvendra Dubey, Ph.D., established the collaboration, enhancing the university's leading expertise in air quality and African biomass fuel burning through the use of LANL's advanced instrumentation to validate measurements taken at the university's laboratory. (ncat.edu)
  • Although the research project focuses on burning biomass fuels native to Africa - the least-studied region in the world - the findings also will inform global air pollution implications and strategies, since wildfires affect various areas. (ncat.edu)
  • abstract = "To produce fuel from gasified biomass is a way to manufacture carbon dioxide neutral fuels for transport purposes. (lu.se)
  • The process uses a mixed culture of naturally occurring microorganisms found in natural habitats such as the rumen of cattle, termite guts, and marine and terrestrial swamps to anaerobically digest biomass into a mixture of carboxylic acids produced during the acidogenic and acetogenic stages of anaerobic digestion, however with the inhibition of the methanogenic final stage. (wikipedia.org)
  • The rate and extent of biodegradation are dependent on the ambient temperature, the presence of a sufficient number of microorganisms capable of metabolizing these hydrocarbons, the amount of aromatic species in a given oil, and the concentration of fuel oil. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, the description of sustainability assessment for forest biomass fuels is ambiguous and left to the operators. (foejapan.org)
  • Waste biomass is obtained from the parts of plants that have no particular use and would normally be thrown away or just burned. (docbrown.info)
  • Biomass Briquettes Manufacturers & Suppliers - TradeIndia.com is a one-stop source for buying the best biomass briquettes online from verified suppliers, dealers, manufacturers and exporters.You can choose from a wide array of briquettes including charcoal briquettes, briquette coal, biomass etc. (tradeindia.com)
  • Andrew Fry, associate professor of chemical engineering at the university and researcher, said biomass materials are something the scientific community has been exploring for a while. (kuer.org)
  • For an example, see " OPG Charts Move from Coal to Biomass ," April 2010 in POWER' s online archives at https://www.powermag.com . (powermag.com)
  • Drax Power began experimenting with a system that blends biomass with coal, using the existing emergency coal reclaim hopper. (powermag.com)
  • Based upon the success of this project, Drax Power recently completed an £80 million ($150 million) direct biomass injection system. (powermag.com)
  • The 4,000-MW Drax Power Station recently completed a retrofit that allows it to blend biomass with coal using the existing emergency coal reclaim hopper. (powermag.com)
  • Researchers at Brigham Young University have discovered new ways to turn dead trees into biomass fuel that can be used at coal power plants. (kuer.org)
  • He said traditionally, power plants that use renewable biomass fuel have to change their hardware to process it but his team wanted companies to be able to use existing machinery to use their fuel. (kuer.org)
  • I'm looking forward to seeing this fuel power an Alaska Airlines flight in the near future. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • Today, 32 environmental NGOs in Japan and overseas, including Friends of the Earth Japan released a joint statement calling on Japan to stop biomass power generation with large-scale imported fuels. (foejapan.org)
  • We believe that large-scale biomass power plants using imported fuels should be discontinued as they further accelerate the biodiversity and climate crisis. (foejapan.org)
  • Dutch commercial airline KLM successfully flew passengers from Amsterdam to Madrid in January using synthetic fuel to power the aircraft. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • Swedish power company Vattenfall expands up on this: "Cultivation can also have social impacts around areas such as land rights issues, working conditions, and through potential competition with the use of biomass by local communities in developing countries. (power-technology.com)
  • A spokesperson said that while the company would look into other long-term power sources, only biomass could provide the needed decarbonisation in the near-term. (power-technology.com)
  • Bryan Sherbacow, Alder Fuels' president & CEO, commented, "Decarbonisation of our entire economy is driving massive demand for the next generation of sustainably sourced renewable fuels. (bioenergy-news.com)
  • The main reported benefits were reduced cooking times and reduced fuel consumption. (lse.ac.uk)