Energy from Biomass: Proceedings of the EC Contractors' Meeting Held in Copenhagen, 23-24 June 1981

ISBN-13: 9789027713483 / Angielski / Twarda / 1981 / 220 str.

P. Chartier; Willeke Palz; Philippe Chartier

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Proceedings of the EC Contractors' Meeting held in Copenahgen, 23-24 June, 1981

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and Summary.- Subject I. Agricultural Wastes, Energy Crops.- Energy production using straw and animal wastes as feedstocks — Analysis of both the agricultural (humus) and socio-economic constraints involved Institut national de la Recherche agronomique — INRA (F).- An experimental assessment of native and naturalised species of plants as renewable sources of energy in Great Britain Natural Environment Research Council’s Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (UK).- Studies on the yield of catch crops grown for fuel University of Reading (UK).- Joint research on Arundo Donax as an energy crop Institut national de la Recherche agronomique — INRA Centre national du Machinisme agricole, du Génie rural, des Eaux et des Forêts — CEMAGREF (F).- Subject II. Forestry, Wood, Wastes.- An experimental study of short rotation forestry for energy Aberdeen University, Forestry Department (UK).- Coppiced trees as energy crops Forestry Commission — Research and Development Division (UK).- Selection and creation of forest material for biomass production Establishment of short rotation coppices Institut national de la Recherche agronomique Station d’Amélioration des Arbres forestiers (F).- Utilization of coppice forests biomass for fuel and other industrial uses Ente Nazionale Cellulosa e Carta (F).- The production of energy from short rotation forestry An Poras Taluntais — Agricultural Research Council (EIR).- To design, build and test a biomass harvester/chipper Bord na Mona (EIR).- Design and building of a forestry wastes harvester Centre national du Machinisme agrioole, du Génie rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (F).- Subject III. Algae.- Methane production by mariculture on land Technical University Aachen (D).- Investigations on the mass culture of marine algae in Southern Italy Centro di Studio dei Microrganismi Autotrofi del CNR (I).- Exploitation of lagoon macro-algae for biogas production CSARE — Centro per gli Studi e le Applicazioni delle Risorse Energetiche (I).- For a solar biotechnology based on microalgae Société française des Pétroles BP (F).- Biomass from offshore sea areas University of Liverpool (UK).- Biomass from offshore sea areas University of Nottingham — Wolfson Institute of Interfacial Technology (UK).- Renewable hydrocarbon production by cultivation of the green alga Botryococcus Braunii — Investigation of the factors affecting hydrocarbon production Ecole nationale supérieure de Chimie de Paris (F).- Subject IV. Biomass Conversion (Biological Routes).- The anaerobic digestion of farm wastes and energy crops University College, Cardiff (UK).- Methane from agricultural wastes and from energy crops University College, Galway (EIR).- Methane production by anaerobic digestion of algae Catholic University of Louvain (B).- Two-phase process for the anaerobic digestion of organic wastes yielding methane and compost Institute for Storage and Processing of Agricultural Produce — IBVL (NL).- Starting up of a thermophilic anaerobic digestion State Agricultural University, Wageningen (NL).- Alcoholic fermentation — Improvement of the technology based on physiological phenomena Département Génie biochimique, Institut national des Sciences appliquées (F).- Utilization of agricultural wastes as energy sources — Enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose Universita degli Studi di Napoli (I).- Liquefaction and saccharification of agricultural biomass Agricultural University, Wageningen (NL).- Subject V. Biomass Conversion (Thermochemical Routes).- The development of furnace/heat exchanger systems in which chopped cereal straw is the fuel University of Nottingham (UK).- The use of gas scrubbers for heat extraction from straw furnaces Jordbrugsteknisk Institut Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (DK).- Heat energy from animal waste by combined drying, combustion and heat recovery Jordbrugsteknisk Institut Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (DK).- High temperature straw granulation CNEEMA (F).- Mobile pyrolysis plant for the production of charcoal and condensable hydrocarbons from biomass Fritz Werner Industrie-Ausrüstungen GnbH (D).- Thermochemical biomass gasification Twente University of Technology — Department of Chemical Reaction Engineering (NL).- Pressurised gasification of wood with oxygen combustion or electrical heating NOVELERG (F).- Experimental work on a fixed-bed oxygen gasifier in the view of methanol sythesis using biomass as a feedstock CLE — Creusot-Loire Entreprises (F).- Process and equipment for the fluidized bed oxygen gasification of wood Creusot-Loire (F).- Process in the development of a test facility for biomass gasification studies Foster Wheeler Power Products Limited (UK).- Catalytic liquefaction of wood material Groupe de Physioo-Chimie Minérale et de Catalyse (B).- Attendance List.