Biogas and alcohol fuels production. Proceedings of the Seminar on Biomass, Energy for City, Farm, and Industry, Chicago, IL, October 25, 26, 1979

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5321963

Goldstein, J

Basic principles of anaerobic digestion are considered along with the status of the Imperial Valley Biogas Project, the Department of Energy program for the recovery of energy and materials from urban waste, the principles of alcohol production from wastes, the mechanical recovery of a refuse-derived cellulosic feedstock for ethanol production, and the production of ethanol from cellulosic biomass. Attention is given to on-farm alcohol fuel production, the current status and future role of gasohol production, methane generation from small scale farms, farmsite installations of energy harvester anaerobic digesters, biogas/composting and landfill recovery, farm-scale composting as an option to anaerobic digestion, designing a high-quality biogas system, and methane as fuel of the future. A description is presented of subjects which are related to landfill gas recovery, biogas purification with permselective membranes, and anaerobic digestion of marine biomass. Other topics studied include the application of biogas technology in India, biogas production in China, biogasification of organic wastes in the Republic of the Philippines, and economics and operational experience of full-scale anaerobic dairy manure digester.

• OSTI ID: 5321963
• Report Number(s): CONF-7910126-
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
090122 -- Hydrocarbon Fuels-- Preparation from Wastes or Biomass-- (1976-1989)
090200* -- Alcohol Fuels-- (-1989)
090400 -- Solid Waste & Wood Fuels-- (-1989)
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
AGRICULTURE
ALCOHOL FUELS
ALCOHOLS
ALKANES
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
BIOCONVERSION
BIOMASS
COMMERCIAL SECTOR
DIGESTION
ENERGY SOURCES
FARMS
FUELS
GASOHOL
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRY
LIQUID FUELS
MANAGEMENT
MEETINGS
METHANE
MUNICIPAL WASTES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
PRODUCTION
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES