Green plants as solar energy converters

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1976 · Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6769132

A survey covers the potential of energy production from biomass and solid wastes; various processes for the combustion of wastes, such as the co-combustion of solid waste and sewage sludge at the St. Paul/Seneca Treatment Plant Sludge Incinerator; various biological processes for the conversion of solid wastes to fuel such as the Institute of Gas Technology 400 l. digestor for the biogasification of municipal solid waste and sewage solids to a methane-rich product gas; the use of industrial wastes for fuel, such as slash and mill residues used as fuel in lumber mills; the biogasification of animal wastes by using small-scale on-site digesters to produce methane gas for cooking and lighting; energy farming methods, such as growing giant California kelp, sargassum, and plankton as suitable feedstock for the production of methane, fertilizers, and food; problems, such as the possible alteration of the reflectivity of large areas of the earth's surface by rapidly growing plants raised for biomass; and benefits such as the reduction in air, water, and land pollution associated with the use of wastes and biomass grown especially for energy.

• OSTI ID: 6769132
• Journal Information: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Vol. 10:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
BIOMASS
PRODUCTION
MANURES
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
METHANE
BIOSYNTHESIS
SEWAGE SLUDGE
BIOCONVERSION
COMBUSTION
GASIFICATION
SOLID WASTES
BIOMASS PLANTATIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
FERTILIZERS
FOOD
FORESTS
GAS FUELS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
MUNICIPAL WASTES
ORGANIC WASTES
PLANKTON
SEAWEEDS
AGRICULTURAL WASTES
ALKANES
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
DIGESTION
FLUIDS
FUELS
HYDROCARBONS
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PROCESSING
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SEWAGE
SYNTHESIS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
140504* - Solar Energy Conversion- Biomass Production & Conversion- (-1989)
090122 - Hydrocarbon Fuels- Preparation from Wastes or Biomass- (1976-1989)