Sentences with phrase «on feedstocks»

A transformation to the new technology, based on feedstocks from Swedish forests can strongly contribute to reducing negative environmental impact.

feedstock permit holders are not supplied with more feedstock methyl bromide in a permit period than the amount specified on the feedstock permit, and

Suppliers may sell feedstock methyl bromide to a person who has a feedstock permit, only if that supplier is listed as the nominated supplier on the feedstock permit.

Depending on the feedstock and the cooking and coking times, the process can be tweaked to make other specialty chemicals that may be even more profitable than oil.

Accounting for emissions from indirect land - use change pushes up abatement costs for agricultural biofuels to between # 215 and # 5,540 ($ 330 - 8,500) per tonne of CO2e depending on the feedstock used, says the report.

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.

There is a wide range in the estimated heat - trapping emissions and other environmental impacts from each biofuel over its life cycle (i.e., from farm to finished fuel to use in the vehicle), depending on the feedstock, production process, and model inputs and assumptions.

Not exact matches

Reduce America's dependence on foreign oil because ICC's three chemical replacement feedstock products are now derived from refined crude oil.

But thanks to the subsidy they get from Canada, refineries in Cushing often enjoy refinery margins, or crack spreads as they're known in the industry, that have been as much as five times what refineries on the Gulf Coast, which have to pay full world oil prices for their feedstock, operate with.

Tethers Unlimited has been working on a specialized 3D printer that can convert plastic waste — which comprises much of the space debris spinning around in orbit — into filament, or feedstock, or 3D printers.

On the other hand, prices in the agriculture and fishery products segment inched down 0.8 % as fish and other fishing products saw prices fall 4.3 %, while live feedstock and animal products witness a 4.1 % price decrease.

The buyer will be required to sign a declaration on the Record of sale form that states whether the methyl bromide will be used for Quarantine and Pre-Shipment, non-Quarantine and Pre-Shipment or feedstock purposes.

Mr Ferrier said Wilsons has «buy» recommendations on animal feedstock group Ridley Corp (RIC) and rural services company Ruralco (RHL) because both have structural growth opportunities and are relatively cheap, with Ruralco for instance trading at below 10 times expected FY2018 earnings.

The licence sets a limit on the maximum amount of methyl bromide allowed to be imported and / or exported, by type of methyl bromide use (i.e., Quarantine and Pre-Shipment (QPS), non-Quarantine and Pre-Shipment (non-QPS), or feedstock).

Depending on the nature of the food waste and the location of the generation, our food waste can be used as animal feed, as feedstock for anaerobic digestion, a composting substrate, or as a synthetic nutrient substitute.

The licences set limits on the amount of methyl bromide the licence holder is permitted to import and / or export each year, by type of methyl bromide use (i.e. Quarantine and Pre-Shipment, non-Quarantine and Pre-Shipment, or feedstock).

«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.

On the benefits of the project, Baru said the construction of the plant and the production of cassava feedstock could create at least one million direct and indirect jobs.

A study looks into giving farmers permission to harvest cellulosic feedstocks on land set aside for wetlands and wildlife conservation

Some of the other projects involve the development of proton exchange membrane for fuel cell application, a gyroscope based on micro-electromechanical technology and research on innovative engineering materials to fabricate ceramic membranes that can partially oxidize methane to syngas used as feedstock in commercial methanol production.

Growing cellulosic feedstocks on federally subsidized conservation land could balance the biofuels emissions equation to be completely carbon - neutral, a study suggests.

Each variable — temperature, pressure, volume, tank - residence time — needs to precisely match the feedstock, which proves to be no mean feat on an industrial scale.

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

«Airline industry could fly thousands of miles on biofuel from a new promising feedstock.»

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.

And unlike other biofuel feedstocks, algae production has minimal impact on freshwater supplies — especially when it can be undertaken in ocean waters or even wastewater.

But European chemicals companies, including France's Elf - Atochem, Hoechst and the Chemical Industry Federation in Germany and Belgium's Solvay, protested last week that there are few controls on whether the imports are really used as feedstocks or recycled.

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.

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.

To produce an energy - efficient method of synthesizing and extruding high - performance thermoplastic elastomers based on lignin, the ORNL team needed to answer several questions: Can variations in lignin feedstocks be overcome to make a product with superior performance?

«That means less land use, feedstock, nutrients, greenhouse gases, excretion — all positive effects on the environment.»

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.

Quinn said most previous studies on potential biofuel plants, or feedstocks, focused on identifying highly invasive ones that should be avoided if possible.

The algae uses CO2 from air or industrial emitters with sunlight and saltwater to create fuel while dramatically reducing the carbon footprint, costs and water usage, with no reliance on food crops as feedstocks.

While previous methods used county - level slash data to estimate the amount of wood residue available as a feedstock, the new research reported in the journal Biomass and Bioenergy, uses more refined data on demand from individual sawmills, said Natalie Martinkus, one of the authors of the paper and an assistant professor in WSU's Composite Materials and Engineering Center.

«An Investigation on the Economic Feasibility of Macroalgae as a Potential Feedstock for Biorefineries,» published in in 2015, is among the most downloaded, and «Assessment of Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Analytical Spectroscopy: an Evolution to High - Throughput Techniques,» published in 2014, is among the most cited.

To date, biomass - derived synthetic paraffinic kerosenes (SPK) have required blending with petroleum feedstocks on a 50 % basis to... Read more →

His work includes research on catalyzed reactions involving fossil fuels and bio-based feedstocks.

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.

Research in this program involves work with plants, fungi, and bacteria and is focused on four key areas: feedstock development, biomass depolymerization, biofuels production, and waste management.

The production of plastics draws on fossil feedstocks, with a significant carbon impact that will become even more significant with the projected surge in consumption.

We have noted previously that demand for ethanol feedstocks has driven up the price of beer in Germany, tortillas in Mexico and pasta in Italy; Yesterday the Italians demonstrated that they have had enought of high prices and went on strike.Consumer

Keep reading to learn more about who's making it, corn and other feedstocks, and ethanol's effects on fuel prices.

One major step on the pathway to a circular economy is finding ways to transform waste materials into feedstock for other products, whether that's as a raw material for production, or as a «fuel» for generating energy.

In a recent reality check, scientists estimated what it would take to sequester 1 billion tonnes of carbon using BECCS based on switchgrass feedstock.

(05/14/2012) Carbon emissions from deforestation vary greatly depending on whether timber stocks are turned into finished wood products, converted into bioenergy feedstocks, or burned outright, reports a new study published in Nature Climate Change.

The project is an extension of a $ 25 million U.S. Department of Energy program to demonstrate this transformational technology on California - relevant feedstocks.

However, the short - term flexibility to take immediate advantage of low natural gas prices is limited in this sector, because many manufacturers that relied heavily on natural gas as fuel or feedstock closed down or moved abroad in the late 1990s and early 2000s in the face of rising natural gas prices.

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