Fuel gas production from animal and agricultural residues and biomass. Quarterly coordination meeting, December 11-12, 1978, Denver, Colorado. Second Quarterly progress report

Technical Report · Fri Jan 05 04:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5649608· OSTI ID:5649608

Wise, D L; Ashare, E; Wentworth, R L

The tenth quarterly coordination meeting of the methane production group of the Fuels from Biomass Systems Branch, US Department of Energy was held at Denver, Colorado, December 11-12, 1978. Progress reports were presented by the contractors and a site visit was made to the Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, Colorado. A meeting agenda, a list of attendees, and progress are presented. Report titles are: pipeline fuel gas from an environmental feedlot; operation of a 50,000 gallon anaerobic digester at the Monroe State Dairy Farm near Monroe, Washington; anaerobic fermentation of livestock and crop residues; anaerobic fermentation of agricultural residues - potential for improvement and implementation; heat treatment of organics for increasing anaerobic biodegradability; and biological conversion of biomass to methane. (DC)

• Research Organization: Dynatech R/D Co., Cambridge, MA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 5649608
• Report Number(s): COO-5099-4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AGRICULTURAL WASTES
ALKANES
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
BIOCONVERSION
BIOSYNTHESIS
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
DIGESTION
FERMENTATION
FLUIDS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
HEAT TREATMENTS
HYDROCARBONS
MANAGEMENT
MANURES
MEETINGS
METHANE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
SOLID WASTES
SYNTHESIS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES