Papers:
High-Yield Chemical Conversion of Biomass into Biofuels and Value-Added Products
We have developed a new method to efficiently convert waste biomass (agricultural, municipal forestry) into biofuels and value-added products. The process is completely chemical in nature, inexpensive, and produces no waste stream. The derived products [...]
Process Modeling Results of Bio-Syntrolysis: Converting Biomass to Liquid Fuel with High Temperature Steam Electrolysis
A new process called Bio-Syntrolysis is being researched at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) investigating syngas production from renewable biomass that is assisted with high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE). The INL is the world leader [...]
Electric Power Generation with Torrefied Biomass
A new breakthrough has been made in converting biomass into a usable fuel. This new process uses liquid immersion heat treatment to make torrefied wood. Prior testing has shown that this system should prove to [...]
New Process for Production of Bio-Diesel from Vegetable Oil
NEW PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF BIO-DIESEL FROM VEGETABLE OIL Low-cost, high-capacity processes for the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals are essential for expanding the utilization of carbon neutral processes, reducing dependency on fossil [...]
Segregation of Binary Mixtures of Biomass Wastes in Clean Technology of Spouted Bed
Spouted bed technology is suitable for the thermal treatment of biomass by combustion (San José et al., 2002) and by pyrolysis (Aguado et al., 2000, 2002; Olazar et al., 2001). Therefore, it would be adequate [...]
Biomethane as a substitute for natural gas
The world’s energy consumption keeps its tendency to increase, and the natural gas stands out as one of fuels where this trend is more significant. The environmental benefits in the use of natural gas, comparing [...]
Development of ceramic support for methane reformer from alkali aluminosilicates
Martinello Savi B., Fernandes Silvano W., da Silva L., Bernardin A.M., University of the Extreme South of Santa Catarina, BR
This work deals with the initial development of a ceramic reformer based on alkali metal aluminosilicates coated with nickel for the generation of hydrogen from biogas (methane). The understanding of the microstructural evolution of silicon-aluminum [...]
Replacing natural gas with biogas in the methanol production
The dependence of natural gas may be replaced by renewable sources of second generation - nonfood source. Methanol is produced from synthesis gas, which is produced from natural gas. Natural gas can be replaced by [...]
Diesel Production from Waste Disposal using Catalytic Dissociation on Mn-zeolite Catalyst
The approach for catalytic dissociation of waste diaposal using various catalysts is presented. This approach includes two principal steps: a characterization of catalysts is used to determine the active site of prepared catalysts, and the [...]
Generation of Transportation Fuel from Solid Municipal Waste Plastics
Transportation fuels derived from imported fossil fuels are subjected to the price fluctuations of the global marketplace, and constitute a major expense in the operation of a vehicle. Emissions from the evaporation and combustion of [...]
Kitenergy: a radical innovation in wind energy generation
This paper presents an innovative technology of high-altitude wind power generation, indicated as Kitenergy, which exploits the automatic flight of tethered airfoils (e.g. power kites) to extract energy from wind blowing between 200 and 800 [...]
Analysis of a Onshore Wind Farm in India for Sustainable Development
In this paper, the status like performance, reliability and various problems of a wind farm which is located at Muppandal, southern part of India have been analysed. This wind farm has 15 numbers of wind [...]
Low-cost 3D Wind Anemometers for Architectural Wind Modeling and Prediction
As wind power generation becomes more popular especially in urban areas, it becomes important to understand wind flow on a small scale accounting for the effects of building topology and neighboring buildings for wind-energy availability. [...]
Wind Energy Potential Estimation in India
The most daunting problem of today’s world is the global climate change, which is predominantly due to the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Increasing negative effects of fossil fuel combustion on the environment in addition to [...]
Journal: TechConnect Briefs
Volume: Technical Proceedings of the 2010 Clean Technology Conference and Trade Show
Published: June 21, 2010
Industry sector: Energy & Sustainability
Topic: Biofuels & Bioproducts
ISBN: 978-1-4398-3419-0