High quality agaves are very
good feedstock material for biofuel... for the following characteristics: high total sugar density and content; high weight of the fruit and stems; cultivation and harvest cycles of six years; high density of plants per hectare; genetic diversity and high adaptability, low water requirements; CO2 and capture; methane metabolism; soil retention; plant nutrition; products from inulin; and low maintenance during cultivation.
«We are able to collaborate with experts in several areas including catalytic chemistry, high throughput experimentation, spectroscopy, technoeconomic analysis; and in partnership with our contractor Iowa State University, we can also select and grow
the best feedstocks.»
Non food crops and waste are
good feedstocks.
We believe energy crops like sugar cane, miscanthus and energy cane are
the best feedstocks to deliver economic, sustainable and scaleable biofuels to the world.
S2) that if the smallest area and carbon debt from LUC are given priority, then oil palm would be
the best feedstock for biodiesel by far.
Not exact matches
The incentive for turning all this raw
feedstock into a usable fuel «is not going to be enhancing healthcare or making people
better,» Quackenbush says flatly.
There may ultimately be reconfiguration of the refining industry in North America — expansions here, closures there, refitting for different grades — to
better ration out the available
feedstock.
Ervin said cutting off light oil supplies through Trans Mountain would hurt Alberta - based Parkland Fuels Corp., which bought the 55,000 - barrel - per - day Burnaby refinery last year and has enjoyed
good margins thanks to its access to low - cost Alberta
feedstock.
Methanol production is also experiencing a global resurgence, particularly in China where the finished product — typically extracted from solid waste / biomass, but also from natural gas and coal
feedstocks — is widely used in chemical production and industrial processes, as
well as in blended vehicle fuel.
Develop strategies to control
feedstock contamination as
well as other common physical (moisture) or chemical issues (pH) typical of composting or digestion operations.
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best practice scheme,
feedstocks, food waste collection, energy crops
«The Abu Dhabi project is a ground - breaking and important project based on gas
feedstock, but Rio Tinto prefers to focus on projects with solid fuel
feedstocks, which are
better aligned with our other businesses,» Mr Chiaro said.
One area in which algae perform
better, environmentally, than other
feedstocks is land use, Clarens said.
The Commission says the Montreal Protocol allows «unlimited» production of CFCs as
feedstocks, and puts no limit on trade in used chemicals because recycling is
better for the environment than prod - ucing new chemicals.
The researchers are currently working to apply the technique to wood and other biomass
feedstock materials, as
well as to
better understand and fine - tune the interactions between the PILs and lignin.
«Hydrogen is seen as an important future energy carrier as the world moves from fossil fuels to renewable
feedstocks, and our research has shown that even garden grass could be a
good way of getting hold of it.»
«We don't really hear the
good news of the
feedstocks, so the industry is left wondering what to do,» she said.
To determine what type would make the
best thermoplastic
feedstock, the scientists evaluated lignin from wheat straw, softwoods like pine and hardwoods like oak.
Using leucaena, as an example of an anaerobic fermentation
feedstock — does not provide the «
best» of «
best» as a source of energy.
Rather we need to consider whether the fuel is derived from an above - ground (
good) or below - ground (bad)
feedstock.
Meeting the full UK demand, let alone an expanded demand for tranport purposes, could
well be out of rreach as there are
feedstock limits.
Resource efficiency, the use of lighter and alternative
feedstocks, as
well as the integration of Carbon, capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) are key sustainable strategies for the Netherlands going forward, he said.
That includes research into algae as
well as programs focused on converting alternative
feedstocks like cellulosic biomass.
Sugarcane scores
well when grown on degraded and abandoned croplands due to its high efficiency as a
feedstock for ethanol, but again, as in all cases, its carbon payback time surges when its cultivation replaces tropical forest or savanna.
Low prices are not
good news for upstream energy producers, but they are a boon for the downstream energy sector, which can transform low - value
feedstock into high - value products.
The
feedstock must be sterilized as
well as pulverized.
There is also generally a
better climate (rain and temperature) and soils for first - generation and possibly second - generation biofuels
feedstocks than in North America or Europe.
I'm stymied in my search for elegance - coming up with a way to utilize the syngas precursor that the woody
feedstock to charcoal torrefaction process produces that's practical at the technology level of charcoal used for cooking, space heating, and «craft style» metal working and also operates
well over a dispersed area with many small charcoal production operations.
Their chemical industry also uses coal as a
feedstock for fertilizer (ammonia) where natural gas would be
better.
Methane recovery - Methane emissions, e.g., from oil or gas
wells, coal beds, peat bogs, gas transmission pipelines, landfills, or anaerobic digesters, are captured and used as a fuel or for some other economic purpose (e.g., chemical
feedstock).
One of the benefits of biodiesel is that if you have access to a
good source of
feedstock, you can make your own.
«The bottom line here is we want to learn something from nature that could be useful in creating
better batteries with renewable
feedstock.»
Recently we wrote about research into using kudzu as a
feedstock for ethanol, as
well as one businessman who is trying to
Recently we wrote about research into using kudzu as a
feedstock for ethanol, as
well as one businessman who is trying to commercialize «kudzunol».
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well as the full complement of debt and equity financing documentation.