Energy from Biomass: Proceedings of the Workshop on Biomass Pilot Projects on Methanol Production and Algae, held in Brussels, 22 October 1981 / Edition 1

by Willeke Palz, G. Grassi

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789027713704
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	01/31/1982
Series:	Solar Energy R&D in the Ec Series E: , #2
Edition description:	1982
Pages:	183
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

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 feedsk.- 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.