Sentences with phrase «research on biomass»
Its president, Maurício Lopes, a geneticist who took office in October, has promised to build up research on biomass technology and double EMBRAPA's funding for that area, which today stands at a modest 24 million real per year.
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Research carried out on tomato plots on the effects of weed control on surface - dwelling arthropod species found the abundance of species is clearly influenced by weed biomass.
The SusWEF Center, funded through the NSF EPSCoR program, focuses on research towards the sustainable use of chemical catalysis for water treatment and for the conversion of biomass to simple chemicals — including for crop production.
NREL, he says, has spent 40 percent of its biomass research budget on gasification.
In the meantime, the TU Wien research team has already set its sights on its next scientific goal: «We want to develop the method further so it can burn not just natural gas, but biomass too,» says Penthor.
Jacobson's research, detailed in a paper published July 30 in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, is based on a three - dimensional computer model simulation of the impacts of biomass research, detailed in a paper published July 30 in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, is based on a three - dimensional computer model simulation of the impacts of biomass Research: Atmospheres, is based on a three - dimensional computer model simulation of the impacts of biomass burning.
The EPSRC Energy Programme will build on the large amount of research already being conducted through a number of consortia and research programs at various institutions working in areas such as biomass and bioenergy, marine energy, and extending the lifetime of conventional power plants through the Supergen programme.
Now that we've unlocked its genetic secrets, loblolly pine will take on even greater importance as we look for new sources of biomass to drive our nation's bioeconomy and ways to increase carbon sequestration and mitigate climate change,» said Sonny Ramaswamy, director of USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), which funded the research.
According to her, the research included four of the five functionally distinct carbon pools whose study is recommended by the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): aboveground biomass (live plants), dead organic matter, leaf litter (layer that contains a combination of fragments of leaves, branches and other decomposing organic matter) and soil (up to 30 centimeters (cm) in depth).
My research indicates that the Siberian peat moss, Arctic tundra, and methal hydrates (frozen methane at the bottom of the ocean) all have an excellent chance of melting and releasing their stored co2.Recent methane concentration figures also hit the news last week, and methane has increased after a long time being steady.The forests of north america are drying out and are very susceptible to massive insect infestations and wildfires, and the massive die offs - 25 % of total forests, have begun.And, the most recent stories on the Amazon forecast that with the change in rainfall patterns one third of the Amazon will dry and turn to grassland, thereby creating a domino cascade effect for the rest of the Amazon.With co2 levels risng faster now that the oceans have reached carrying capacity, the oceans having become also more acidic, and the looming threat of a North Atlanic current shutdown (note the recent terrible news on salinity upwelling levels off Greenland,) and the change in cold water upwellings, leading to far less biomass for the fish to feed upon, all lead to the conclusion we may not have to worry about NASA completing its inventory of near earth objects greater than 140 meters across by 2026 (Recent Benjamin Dean astronomy lecture here in San Francisco).
Materials chemistry, environmental chemistry; pyrolytic and chemical recycling of plastic wastes, utilization of biomass materials by thermal methods, research in environmental technologies, research on the more efficient utilization of solar energy, processing of hazardous wastes in thermal plasmas.
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.
Primus Green Energy Inc., developer of a proprietary process to produce gasoline and other fuels from biomass and / or natural gas (earlier post), will provide financial support to engineers at Princeton University for general research on synthetic fuels, which will include... Read more →
Headquartered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn., BESC is a multi-institutional research organization performing basic and applied science dedicated to improving yields of biofuels by focusing on the fundamental understanding and elimination of biomass recalcitrance.
He has been a member of various federal research panels, served on several editorial boards and advisory committees in microbiology, and helped author reports for DOE on solar energy generation and the conversion of plant biomass into biofuels.
``... since we knew that the impact of the study could be high when successful, we decided to invest our time and effort on this new research project at the interface of biomass conversion and solar energy conversion.»
«Our research focuses on the development of reforming catalysts that can be applied to a host of technologies, such as biomass gasification, pyrolysis, and natural gas — and will further the understanding for how catalysts function at the molecular level,» said Robert Dagle, who led this experimental research at PNNL.
Jacobson's research, out this week in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, is based on 3 - D computer model simulations of the impacts of biomass research, out this week in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, is based on 3 - D computer model simulations of the impacts of biomass Research: Atmospheres, is based on 3 - D computer model simulations of the impacts of biomass burning.
Research in the Dumesic lab focuses on chemical engineering approaches to biomass conversion.
This Bioenergy Technologies Office helps solve this equation by supporting research on which bioenergy crops to grow and how to grow them; technologies designed to convert biomass to fuels and other products; and analysis methods for determining how well the production processes achieve their economic and environmental goals.
Determination on Crystallinity of Ionic Liquids Pretreated Biomass, Hong Xue Xie, John Prausnitz, Xiu Ling Wu, Advanced Materials Research, Vols.
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.
My research emphasis is on the agronomic performance of robust biofuel and forage crops of diverse genetic backgrounds including switchgrass, sorghum, alfalfa and other biomass crops.
The American Lung Association recommends continuing research on the health effects of burning wood and other biomass sources, and the technologies to reduce the emissions associated with the combustion of these fuels.
Coverage includes original paleoclimatic, diagnostic, analytical and numerical modeling research on the structure and behavior of the atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere, biomass and land surface as interacting components of the dynamics of global climate.
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That includes research into algae as well as programs focused on converting alternative feedstocks like cellulosic biomass.
And we recently announced the launch of an advanced biofuels research program at Iowa State University focused on fast pyrolysis of biomass.
Whether it's research on the extraction of rare earth elements from acid mine drainage, biomass growth and conversion, improving renewable energy technology, or enhancing processes that enable us to better utilize our natural resources, we are proud to be a driving force behind the responsible development of our energy resources.
This PCIC Science Brief focuses on recent research in the journal Climatic Change that examines a type of geoengineering that involves using biomass for energy production, together with carbon capture and storage.
Building on earlier research showing the carbon payback time of biofuel crops grown on certain types of land, the new study uses «a new, geographically detailed database of crop locations and yields, along with updated vegetation and soil biomass estimates, to provide carbon payback estimates that are more regionally specific than those in previous studies,» write the authors.
Biomass burning and the effect of fire on climate, including their history, have become foremost research topics.
The research provides important information on how to avoid «wasting» solar - driven energy in biomass production and how to apply this energy directly for the production of useful bio-products.»
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Increased weed and pest pressure associated with longer growing seasons and warmer winters will be an increasingly important challenge; there are already examples of earlier arrival and increased populations of some insect pests such as corn earworm.64 Furthermore, many of the most aggressive weeds, such as kudzu, benefit more than crop plants from higher atmospheric carbon dioxide, and become more resistant to herbicide control.72 Many weeds respond better than most cash crops to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, particularly «invasive» weeds with the so - called C3 photosynthetic pathway, and with rapid and expansive growth patterns, including large allocations of below - ground biomass, such as roots.73 Research also suggests that glyphosate (for example, Roundup), the most widely - used herbicide in the United States, loses its efficacy on weeds grown at the increased carbon dioxide levels likely to occur in the coming decades.74 To date, all weed / crop competition studies where the photosynthetic pathway is the same for both species favor weed growth over crop growth as carbon dioxide is increased.72
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He followed up on that speech by submitting a budget proposal for the Department of Energy (DOE) in February that increased the department's budget by nearly 12 %, with strong funding increases proposed for basic energy sciences, the Advanced Research Projects Agency — Energy, and expanded technology programs for solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass energy.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will spend $ 250 million to establish and operate two new Bioenergy Research Centers to accelerate basic research on the development of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels from biomass, including biodiesel, biofuels for aviation, and biologically based hydrogen and other fuels from sResearch Centers to accelerate basic research on the development of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels from biomass, including biodiesel, biofuels for aviation, and biologically based hydrogen and other fuels from sresearch on the development of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels from biomass, including biodiesel, biofuels for aviation, and biologically based hydrogen and other fuels from sunlight.
The NEPD Group recommends that the President direct the Secretaries of the Interior and Energy to work with Congress on legislation to use an estimated $ 1.2 billion of bid bonuses from the environmentally responsible leasing of ANWR for funding research into alternative and renewable energy resources, including wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass.