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.
Not exact matches
An additional 2,400 forest industry jobs
processing «usable»
wood waste left behind at logging operations into forest products;
Trafford Council spend up to # 100,000 a year sending
waste wood to landfill, and the network has now been developed to
process this
wood and use it to provide affordable heat in vulnerable households.
Given the potential benefits, Congress has provided $ 10 million in funding — and the DOE has asked for $ 30 million more — to develop a second facility employing the
process, as well as millions more for similar cellulosic biorefineries, such as the Range Fuels plant in Soperton, Ga., that converts
wood waste into fuel.
A UD research team has invented a more efficient
process for extracting the sugars from
wood chips, corn cobs and other organic
waste from forests and farms.
«Cost competitive, energy responsible cellulosic ethanol made from switchgrass or from forestry
waste like sawdust and
wood chips requires a more complex refining
process but it's worth the investment,» Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said at the Range Fuels facility groundbreaking in November.
Instead of
processing commodities that might otherwise be used for food, next generation fuels can be produced from dedicated energy crops like switchgrass, to the non-edible parts of corn plants, to unmarketable
wood from the lumber industry — taking resources that would otherwise go to
waste and using them to fuel our energy independence.
«You can use the
waste product from the distilling
process or any number of other sources of biomass, such as switchgrass or
wood pulp.
The Standard Alcohol Company built a cellulosic ethanol plant in Georgetown, South Carolina to
process waste wood from a lumber mill (PDA 1910).
In addition to
wood processing activities they develop value - added non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and downstream
processing of
wood pieces that would otherwise be considered
waste into carvings.
This category includes some level of forest and agriculture residues left behind after harvest (some need to remain on the ground to maintain soil fertility); timber
processing wastes including sawdust and «black liquor;» and any unused manure, urban
wood waste, municipal organic
waste, and landfill methane.
Examples include growing winter cover crops for energy, timber
processing wastes, urban
waste wood, landfill methane,
wood from agroforestry systems that boost productivity, and crop residues that are not otherwise used.
Wood,
Wood Waste, Other Solid Waste: Covers purpose - grown energy crops (poplar, willow etc.), a multitude of woody materials generated by an industrial
process (
wood / paper industry in particular) or provided directly by forestry and agriculture as well as
wastes such as straw, rice husks, crushed grape dregs etc..
These include making renewable energy carriers available on - site by using more electricity and district heating instead of fossil fuels for
processes, using more environmentally - friendly materials for lower emissions in production (e.g. recycled steel, and solid
wood), better thinking around transport of surplus masses (soil / rock / gravel), and improved
waste management and recycling.
Similar to charcoal, the
process involves slowly burning scrap
wood and
waste materials from agriculture to produce a carbon rich by - product that can be used as a fertiliser.
Much of the proposed biomass use comes from plant residues from agriculture and food
processing, sawdust and residues from forestry and
wood processing, manure, and municipal
waste.
Heat used in the olive oil production
process will come from
waste wood chips collected on the property.
LSS practitioners use various acronyms to remember the categories of
waste in a
process, such as «TIM
WOODS» or «DOWNTIME».
Ikea has developed a
process whereby this PET
waste, 25 half litre bottles to be precise is used to create a plastic foil which coats reclaimed
wood to make the sustainable kungsbacka kitchen fronts.