Energy from Biomass: Proceedings of the Workshop on Biomass Pilot Projects on Methanol Production and Algae, Held in Brussels, 22 October 1

ISBN-13: 9789027713704 / Angielski / Twarda / 1982 / 183 str.

Willeke Palz; G. Grassi;Commission of the European Communities

Opis

This l::: ook comes as part of a new series on Solar Energy R+D, includlng Biomass which is carried out by the Euro: pean Community.. The commission of the European Comrmmities' Directorate General (XII) for Science, Research and Developnent is currently implementing, on a cost-sharing basis, a solar energy R+D pro;Jranune through contracts with European industry, research institutions and uni versi ties. This prcgrarrrrne includes a very strong acti vi ty on Biomass. Besides general R+D work on all aspects of Biomass growth and utilization which is reported elsewhere in this series, the Canmission is currently starting a new activity on Pilot Plants based on the use of Biomass for energy purp: Jses, and in particular on methanol prcx: luction from wood. The commission considers that the subject of methanol prcxiuction from wood offers llnp: Jrtant prospects for application wi thin the European Canmilllity and in other parts of the world, in particular some of the developing countries & The state of art in Europe In this field is still considered to be very high as a result of related work which was performed in Europe during vorld War II and the time before.

Spis treści

Methanol from wood; a review related to the proposals submitted to the Commission of the European Communities.- I — Methanol from Wood.- Synthetic fuel from biomass: the AVSA dual fluid bed combustor — gasifier project.- Gazéification du bois en lit fluidisé à l’oxygène et sous pression en vue de produire un gaz utilisable pour la synthèse du méthanol.- Development of the oxygen donor gasifier for conversion of wood to synthesis gas for eventual production of methanol.- Synthetic fuel from wood using steam and air.- Experimental work on a fixed-bed oxygen gasifier in the view of methanol synthesis using biomass as a feedstock.- Design and construction of a pressurized wood gasifier with heat input by oxygen combustion or by electrical heating.- Proposed 20 tonnes per day biomass gasification pilot plant.- Synthesis gas obtained from biomass.- Gasification of wood in the circulating fluidized bed — methanol production route.- II — Algae.- Biotechnologie solaire — Production et utilisation des algues.- Hydrocarbon production via cultivation of the alga botryococcus braunii.- Culture de l’algue botryococcus braunii à l’échelle pilote.- Fuel gas production by mariculture on land.