Development of a biochemical process for production of alcohol fuel from peat. Final technical report, June 1, 1981-June 30, 1983

Technical Report · Fri Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5761417

Levy, P F; de Riel, S R; Heneghan, E P; Cheng, L K; Sanderson, J E

This report relates progress in the development of a process for production of mixed alcohol fuel from peat. The process has four steps - pretreatment of peat to promote biodegradability, anaerobic fermentation to produce organic acids, electrolytic oxidation of organic acids to olefins, and hydration of the olefins to alcohols. Since production of alcohols by hydration of olefins is an acknowledged technology, the development program focuses on demonstrating technical feasibility of the other three steps. 70 references, 70 figures, 61 tables.

• Research Organization: Dynatech R/D Co., Cambridge, MA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-81ER10914
• OSTI ID: 5761417
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/10914-T1; ON: DE83017646
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
ALCOHOLS
SYNTHESIS
PEAT
FERMENTATION
OXIDATION
ALKENES
CHEMICAL REACTION YIELD
COST
ELECTROLYSIS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HYDRATION
ORGANIC ACIDS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
BIOCONVERSION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DATA
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
LYSIS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC MATTER
SOLVATION
YIELDS
090222* - Alcohol Fuels- Preparation from Wastes or Biomass- (1976-1989)
010500 - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Products & By-Products