Conversion of organic wastes and biomass to substitute natural gas

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6281201

Klass, D L

Major sources of continuously renewable nonfossil carbon can be converted to substitute natural gas. Promising sources of this carbon are waste materials, such as urban refuse, and biomass produced from solar energy by photosynthesis. The development of this concept is presented in this paper. The scope of the technology and its potential impact on energy supplies are reviewed. The renewable feature of both wastes and biomass makes them valuable natural resources that inevitably will be fully developed and commercialized as sources of SNG and other synfuels. The perpetual availability of organic fuels will permit the conservation of valuable fossil fuel reserves, and, as time passes, offer a long-term solution to independence from foreign energy supplies and fossil fuel depletion.

• OSTI ID: 6281201
• Report Number(s): CONF-790208-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
BIOCONVERSION
BIOGAS PROCESS
BIOMASS
BIOSYNTHESIS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONVERSION
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
DECOMPOSITION
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ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GASIFICATION
HIGH BTU GAS
HYDROCARBONS
MANAGEMENT
METHANE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
PYROLYSIS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SYNTHESIS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING