Progress in biomass conversion. Volume 5

Book · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5413096

Tillman, D A; Jahn, E C

This book examines various bioconversion processes and technologies. Topics considered include biomass tar processing for liquid engine fuels, the fuel characteristics of wood and nonwood biomass fuels, the dilute sulfuric acid prehydrolysis of oak, the energy costs of increased organics recovery for chemical by-products in kraft pulp mills, microeconomic approaches to biomass fuel pricing, fuel characteristics of selected species of beached logs in southeastern Alaska, the costs and benefits of recovering logging residue for energy use, and a review of biomass gasification technology.

• OSTI ID: 5413096
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ABSTRACTS
ACID HYDROLYSIS
ALASKA
BIOCONVERSION
BIOMASS
BY-PRODUCTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DECOMPOSITION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINES
FEDERAL REGION X
FUELS
GASIFICATION
HEAT ENGINES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROLYSIS
INDUSTRY
INORGANIC ACIDS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
LEADING ABSTRACT
LIQUID FUELS
LYSIS
MATERIALS
NORTH AMERICA
OAKS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PAPER INDUSTRY
PLANTS
PRICES
RECOVERY
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SOLID WASTES
SOLVOLYSIS
SULFURIC ACID
TAR
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TREES
USA
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES
WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY
WOOD WASTES