Mission analysis for the Federal Fuels from Biomass program. Volume VII. Program recommendations. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:5323760

Dickenson, R L; Kohan, S M; Jones, J L

Based only on market penetration projections, the missions that appear to have the greatest near term commercialization potential are: combustion of wood and low moisture plants to produce steam and steam with electricity as a by-product; gasification of wood and low moisture plants to produce IBG, SNG, LBG, and ammonia; pyrolysis of wood and low moisture plants to produce IBG, fuel oil, and char; and anaerobic digestion of manure and high moisture terrestrial crops to produce intermediate Btu gas (IBG) and synthetic natural gas (SNG). The following program recommendations are listed roughly in order of importance. They are to: (1) Continue field biomass production experiments to establish promising plant species and yields followed by demonstration farms. (2) Continue a comprehensive research effort to improve the cost effectiveness of energy crop growth, and establish a formal program to improve the productivity of biomass field drying, densification, harvesting, collection, transportation and storage methods. (3) Investigate the development of cogeneration and cocombustion systems, minimize the effect of biomass seasonal availabilities, and with multiple end-products provide flexibility to serve customer needs. (4) Encourage the development of energy crops with many potential end-products in addition to fuels. (5) Expand development efforts designed to improve conversion process operations. (6) Expand development efforts designed to adapt or transfer coal gasification technology for use with biomass feedstocks. (7) Continue the current research on anaerobic digestion processes to examine the degradability and conversion of lignocellulosic materials, to optimize yields, and to reduce retention times. (8) Continue some program plans to reduce fermentation process costs. (9) Complete aquatic plant production demonstration projects designed to obtain verifiable long-term crop production yields.

• Research Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-76ET20064
• OSTI ID: 5323760
• Report Number(s): SAN-0115-T9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AGRICULTURAL WASTES
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
BIOCONVERSION
BIOMASS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMMERCIALIZATION
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CROPS
DECOMPOSITION
DIGESTION
ENERGY SOURCES
FERMENTATION
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OXIDATION
POWER GENERATION
PROCESSING
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PYROLYSIS
RECOMMENDATIONS
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RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SOLID WASTES
STORAGE
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
WOOD