Will chemicals build a base on wood

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977 · Chem. Week; (United States)

OSTI ID:7147528

Acid hydrolysis and fermentation processes can be used to convert forest residues and municipal wastes into cellulose - a major source of chemical feedstocks and synthetic fuels, but the cost of petroleum would have to rise 3-fold before cellulose wastes would become an economical source of chemicals. Plants could produce primarily chemicals, or synthetic gas for fuel, or both. Conversion processes require cellulose waste to be chemically modified to glucose. The glucose could then either be converted by bacteria to 55% methane and 45% carbon dioxide, or by yeast to ethanol, for use as a chemical feedstock or as a fuel.

• OSTI ID: 7147528
• Journal Information: Chem. Week; (United States), Journal Name: Chem. Week; (United States) Vol. 2; ISSN CHWKA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACID HYDROLYSIS
ALCOHOLS
ALDEHYDES
ALKANES
BIOCONVERSION
BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANTS
CARBOHYDRATES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CELLULOSE
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
ETHANOL
FERMENTATION
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASES
GLUCOSE
HEXOSES
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROLYSIS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
LYSIS
METHANE
MONOSACCHARIDES
MUNICIPAL WASTES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
POLYSACCHARIDES
PRODUCTION
SACCHARIDES
SOLID WASTES
SOLVOLYSIS
SYNTHESIS GAS
WASTES
WOOD WASTES