Sentences with phrase «of feedstocks»

Synthetic biology could usher in a new bioeconomy where biomass becomes the primary source of feedstocks for chemicals and materials currently manufactured from crude oil and natural gas.

We have identified and developed new elite varieties of feedstock crops optimized for production under different agro-climatic conditions, economic and social parameters.

This analysis focuses on perennial biomass, and models both woody and herbaceous plants as the main source of feedstock for dedicated electricity generation and combined heat and power generation.

Australia Minerals and Mining Group has chosen its Meckering aluminous clay deposit as the key supply of feedstock material for its HPA chemicals project, which will be located north of Perth.

This thermophilic bacterium operates at high temperatures of 60 °C -70 °C and digests a wide range of feedstocks very rapidly.

A full lifecycle analysis of Bio-SNG production undertaken by North Energy Associates found that for many types of feedstock, the lifecycle CO2e savings of Bio-SNG compared with fossil fuel alternatives are typically ~ 90 %.

An unforeseen benefit is that the revised process can make use of certain kinds of hazardous waste as part of the feedstock.

Nonetheless, when managed sustainably — such as by prioritising the cultivation of feedstock crops on degraded lands and avoiding the clearing of virgin forest — biofuel grown for export can make a significant contribution to national development goals.

It follows that demand for refined products will increase, as will the cost of the feedstock.

Australia Minerals and Mining Group has chosen its Meckering aluminous clay deposit as the key supply of feedstock material for its high purity alumina (HPA) project, which will be located north of Perth.

The bio-based materials and chemicals industry needs to tap newer, non-food sources of biomass and cellulosic material and raise volumes of feedstock before it can emerge as an economically viable...

Feedstocks - There were a total of 953 million pounds of feedstocks used to produce biodiesel in February 2018.

The expansion of shale gas in the US has dropped the price of feedstocks by two thirds, they have to do something with all that gas to make a profit from drilling for it.

The composition of feedstocks in anaerobic digesters also has a significant influence on the biogas produced.

Second, oil's supply chains are complex; different refineries buy different grades of feedstock.

Meanwhile, the Irving refinery in St. John expects to secure more of its feedstock from the U.S. once a second oil - loading terminal is built in the area.

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).

Under the Montreal Protocol, Quarantine and Pre-Shipment and feedstock uses are not subject to phase - down, while non-Quarantine and Pre-Shipment uses (i.e. those uses that do not fall within the definition of Quarantine and Pre-Shipment or the definition of feedstock) have been phased out, apart from a small number of exempted critical uses.

BioConversion Technology, a start - up in Denver, claims to have developed such a catalyst and says that it can make more ethanol from a ton of feedstock for less money than NREL can by fermentation.

Out of 100 Btus in a given unit of feedstock, only 15 Btus are used to power the process, with the remainder residing in oil, gas, and chemicals.

When you crunch the numbers, the implications of usingthe most advanced of these feedstocks, algae oil, are tremendous.

The U.N. Environment Programme's report concludes that so - called lifecycle assessments must go beyond calculating greenhouse gas emissions and consider how agricultural production of feedstocks affect the acidification and nutrient loading of waterways.

Now Martí, Pasquali and their colleagues are producing «neat» fibers with the same mechanical process, but they're starting with a different kind of feedstock.

Most prior studies have found that substituting biofuels for gasoline will reduce greenhouse gases because biofuels sequester carbon through the growth of the feedstock.

German river levels lowest in a century Some three - quarters of oilseed rape goes into the country's biodiesel industry — the biggest in the 27 - nation bloc — leaving it critically short of feedstock and either forcing imports or cutting production, with a consequent knock - on effect on the country's and the European Union's efforts to cut climate - changing carbon emissions.

«We don't really hear the good news of the feedstocks, so the industry is left wondering what to do,» she said.

Producers also have to submit a letter from USDA to EPA that states whether there is «a significant likelihood of spread beyond the planting area of the feedstock,» according to Jones.

The system is remarkably efficient, converting up to 99 percent of a feedstock like algae into crude that can be further refined into aviation, gasoline, and diesel fuel.

A straightforward comparison of the adoption and emissions results with other sources is not possible, due to the specificities of the feedstock considered herein, since all other global energy system models consider aggregate numbers for biomass and waste.

For example, activities associated with fuel production such as feedstock extraction, feedstock transport to a processing plant, and conversion of feedstock to motor fuel, as well as distribution of the motor fuel, can all produce GHG emissions.

Wes Bolsen, CMO and head of government affairs at Coskata, discussed a recent Sandia National Labs and General Motors study demonstrating that 90 billion gallons of feedstock - flexible ethanol is possible in the U.S. without a significant change in current land use.

Biomass power plants share some similarities with fossil fuel power plants: both involve the combustion of a feedstock to generate electricity.

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.

More than 1 million jobs are found in the biofuels industry growing and processing a variety of feedstocks into ethanol and biodiesel.

The success of biofuels in Brazil is largely a result of the high productivity of sugar cane and the suitability of the feedstock for efficient conversion to ethanol.

Some states may exempt all farm digester systems or only some systems based on the type and volume of feedstocks processed.

Asia leads this growth due to the rising demand for transport fuel, the availability of feedstocks, and supportive government policies.

In 2006 CATF supported an evaluation on biochar research gaps and co-founded the International Biochar Initiative (IBI), which seeks to develop practical demonstrations and commercial development for capturing and storing carbon from a wide range of feedstocks, including wastes and manures.

Geography may determine which type of biofuel technology is most readily adopted in a specific region, depending on what type of feedstock and biomass is locally available, thereby maximizing local resources and minimizing the energy and cost required to transport these resources.

Some new techniques for producing biofuels include the production of cellulosic ethanol made from inedible and wasted parts of feedstocks, such as plant stems, leaves and stalks, wood residues such as straw, sawdust and papermill scraps and other agricultural waste.

«The only downside has been the increase in imports of used cooking oil to feed the bio-diesel industry, which has not only driven up the cost of feedstock, but raises concerns over the environmental impact through the supply chain, so this is something we will need to address going forward.»

Any aviation - biofuel solution is going to involve a wide variety of feedstocks, the executives said.