Sentences with phrase «feedstocks such»

The next generation of bioenergy technology aims to replace current feedstocks such as corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rapeseed, soy, and oil palm with dedicated cellulosic crops (Kszos et al. 2000; Heaton et al. 2008b), such as woody tree species and the grasses switchgrass (Panacum vergatum) and miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus)(Lewandowski et al. 2000).

They are fueled by gas from digestion of biomass feedstocks such as manure, agricultural waste, food waste, and other wastes.

A team of researchers from five institutions analyzed the ability of six microorganisms to solubilize potential bioenergy feedstocks such as switchgrass that have evolved strong defenses against biological and chemical attack.

Cellulose - loving fungi can cut biofuel costs by enabling existing corn ethanol plants to process cheaper, woody feedstocks such as corn stover

«Other oil producing feedstock such as corn and sugarcane often destroy vital farmlands and rainforests, disrupt global food supplies and create new environmental problems.

Emissions were estimated based on a few studies that focused on electricity production from perennial feedstock such as miscanthus and willow short rotation coppice.

Not exact matches

With an ultimate feedstock capacity of one million barrels a day and «near net zero» emissions, the refinery would produce high - margin products such as kerosene and aviation fuel for the Asian market.

Polypropylene fibres can be used as feedstock for other polypropylene products such as plastic pipes and patio furniture.

Continue to create toolkits and foster research to overcome common operational issues such as contamination of feedstock, odor, chemical issues (pH), physical issues (moisture level).

Bio-jet fuels derived from oil - rich feedstocks, such as camelina and algae, have been successfully tested in proof of concept flights.

Astronauts would only need «feedstock» material, such as plastic or metal, to make new tools or spare parts on the fly.

Thermal depolymerization, Appel says, has proved to be 85 percent energy efficient for complex feedstocks, such as turkey offal: «That means for every 100 Btus in the feedstock, we use only 15 Btus to run the process.»

Unlike other solid - to - liquid - fuel processes such as cornstarch into ethanol, this one will accept almost any carbon - based feedstock.

In the meantime, efforts to grow Jatropha — already planted in quantity in Africa and India — may be scaled up, whereas other feedstocks that can be rotated with wheat, such as Camelina — a relative of canola — will play a role.

The study examines options for lessening the effects of expanding agricultural production prompted by fuels, such as using currently marginal or degraded land for fuels feedstock production.

And, if other forms of waste, such as the stalks of corn plants (corn stover) or the remnants of timber harvest are included, Klann says, «we have enough feedstock in the U.S. to offset 70 percent of the oil import.»

HTL may also be used to make fuel from other types of wet organic feedstock, such as agricultural waste.

But even other applications, such as using it for lubricants or as feedstocks for the chemical industry, would help reduce our dependence on fossil - derived carbon.»

«One of the reasons for interest in these second - generation cellulosic feedstocks is that if they can be grown on low - quality soil, they wouldn't compete for land with food crops, such as corn.

The protein threads could be spun and woven into novel biomaterials, which could provide a sustainable alternative to synthetic fibres such as Nylon, which are made from petroleum feedstocks.

Because platinum is at the center of many clean energy and green chemicals production technologies, such as fuel cells, catalytic converters, and value - added chemicals from bio-renewable feedstocks, the new, less expensive platinum - copper catalysts could facilitate broader adoption of such environmentally friendly devices and processes, she added.

The study did not consider other features of the white - listed species such as water use or susceptibility of pests and disease, factors that are also important for potential feedstock.

The team focused on yeast in part because of its important modern - day applications; yeasts are used to convert the sugars of biomass feedstocks into biofuels such as ethanol and industrial chemicals such as lactic acid, or to break down organic pollutants.

«(B) the term «nonemissive use» means the use of fossil fuel as a feedstock in an industrial or manufacturing process to the extent that greenhouse gases are not emitted from such process, and to the extent that the products of such process are not intended for use as, or to be contained in, a fuel; and

Industries that use coal as a feedstock for manufacturing plastics, fertilizers, and other chemicals need such materials, and scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are working to oblige.

And catalysts both speed reactions in water and use the liquid as a feedstock to create renewable energy sources such as hydrogen.

The feedstock for the new process is levulinic acid, which can be produced by chemical processing of materials such as straw, corn stalks or even municipal green waste.

I am a strong proponent of controlling pollution, not just CO2 (soot has done much to reduce the ice's albedo) and it is preposterous that China is being given such latitude as a «poor nation» when it's also building skyscrapers by the dozen, nuclear submarines and a space program while effectively employing its youth as feedstock for manufacturing goods subsidized by their government.

As defined in Title 26 of the US Code (The Internal Revenue Code of 1986), refined coal means a fuel which is a liquid, gaseous or solid fuel produced from coal (including lignite) or high carbon fly ash, including such fuel used as a feedstock; and is sold with the reasonable expectation that it will be used to produce steam, resulting in a qualified emission reduction.

The American Lung Association does not support biomass combustion for electricity production, a category that includes wood, wood products, agricultural residues or forest wastes, and potentially highly toxic feedstocks, such as construction and demolition waste.

These feedstocks should therefore be prioritized to energy uses that can probably not be met any other way, such as low - carbon fuels for airplanes.

The U.S. government considers biodiesel to be carbon - neutral because the plants that are the sources of the feedstocks for making biodiesel, such as soybeans and palm oil trees, absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) as they grow.

Biomass energy is a true solution only if it uses appropriate feedstock, such as waste from mills and agriculture or sustainably grown perennial crops.

An experiment by Argonne National Laboratory in Central Illinois explores the potential of formerly overlooked plants such as willow and switchgrass for bioenergy feedstock, offering farmers a possibly lucrative use for difficult land and preventing nitrogen pollution to boot.

Feedstocks can include more durable material such as woody biomass and wastes that are not broken down in traditional anaerobic digester plants.

Advanced biofuels can be derived from lignocellulosic feedstocks, such as agricultural waste (e.g., corn stover, wheat straw, rice hulls), agricultural processing byproducts (e.g., corn fiber or sugar cane bagasse), forestry and wood processing waste, the paper portion of municipal solid waste, or dedicated energy crops such as switchgrass.

Third generation renewable fuels production systems, such as photosyn - thetic algae, are unlikely to supply significant quantities of feedstock oil by 2020 and may involve consideration of the water requirement tradeoffs.

The most common feedstocks will likely be agricultural wastes, such as rice straw, or natural grasses such as switchgrass, a variety of prairie grass that is often planted on soil bank land to replenish the soil's fertility.

Under the agreement, Cooper Marine & Timberlands («CMT») will supply BlueFire's Fulton, Mississippi project with all of the feedstock required to produce approximately 19 - million gallons of ethanol per year from locally sourced cellulosic materials such as wood chips, forest residual chips, pre-commercial thinnings and urban wood waste such as construction waste, storm debris, land clearing; or manufactured wood waste from furniture manufacturing.

Authorizes the EPA Administrator to study: (1) the extent to which petroleum - based or coal - based liquid or gaseous fuel, petroleum coke, natural gas liquid, or natural gas are used as feedstocks in manufacturing processes to produce products; and (2) the GHG emissions resulting from such uses.

(Sec. 126) Amends the CAA to revise the definition of «renewable biomass» for purposes of the renewable fuel standard by expanding the amount of biomass from forested land that could be used to produce fuels under such standard and eliminating the requirement that feedstock crops come from previously cultivated land.

Currently, only a small share of such residues is available for energy generation but, as bioenergy production increases, agricultural residues may become more important biofuel feedstocks.

«(A) The Administrator may conduct a study to determine the extent to which petroleum - based or coal - based liquid or gaseous fuel, petroleum coke, natural gas liquid, or natural gas are used as feedstocks in manufacturing processes to produce products and the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from such uses.

ClearFuels expects that the life - cycle carbon footprint of renewable fuels produced by ClearFuels - Rentech technologies can be near zero, depending on the feedstock and the alternate use of such feedstock.

Fortunately, there are feedstocks other than corn that can be converted to ethanol without the need for such massive government assistance.

As such, the power systems they are based on tend to have difficulty reducing costs and are subject to market shocks and scarcity of feedstocks.

The term qualified coal - to - liquid facility means a manufacturing facility that has the capacity to produce at least 10,000 barrels per day of transportation grade liquid fuels from a feedstock that is primarily domestic coal (including peat and any property which allows for the capture, transportation, or sequestration of by - products resulting from such process, including carbon emissions).

Other studies of nearly decarbonizing the power sector by mid-century show that more efficient, advanced biopower technologies using low - carbon feedstocks, such as agricultural residues and energy crops, could provide a modest contribution of up to 15 percent of U.S. electricity generation (NREL 2012, UCS 2013).

Our nation's world - class refineries provide fuels and petrochemical feedstocks needed to manufacture thousands of everyday products, such as plastics, pharmaceuticals, fertilizers and more.

(Sec. 1514) Directs the EPA Administrator to: (1) establish an Advanced Biofuel Technologies Program to demonstrate advanced technologies for the production of alternative transportation fuels; (2) give priority to projects that enhance the geographical diversity of alternative fuels production and utilize feedstocks that represent 10 % or less of domestic ethanol or biodiesel fuel production during the previous fiscal year; and (3) fund demonstration projects to develop conversion technologies for producing cellulosic biomass ethanol, and for coproducing value - added bioproducts (such as fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides) resulting from biodiesel fuel production.