Life cycle analysis for the cultivation and combustion of miscanthus for biofuel compared with natural gas [PDF]
, 2008 As negative environmental and economic impacts of fossil fuels have escalated, so has the importance of renewable bioenergy crops whose feedstocks are noncompetitive with food supplies. Compared with fossil fuels, use of lignocellulosic feedstocks offers
Ashworth, Amanda +5 more
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Literature review of physical and chemical pretreatment processes for lignocellulosic biomass [PDF]
, 2010 Different pretreatment technologies published in public literature are described in terms of the mechanisms involved, advantages and disadvantages, and economic assessment.
Bakker, R. +3 more
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Environmental Consequences of Ethanol from Corn Grain, Ethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass, and Conventional Gasoline [PDF]
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 includes a provision designed to double the production and use of ethanol in fuels by 2012, and that beginning in 2013, a minimum of 250 million gallons per year of ethanol be produced from lignocellulosic sources such as ...
Epplin, Francis M. +2 more
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Improving Carbon and Process Utilization for Biomass-to-Liquid Fuel Operations [PDF]
, 2013 With the increasing world demand for transportation fuels, declining petroleum reserves and quest for energy security, there is a renewed interest in Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology as a viable alternative for the production of liquid
James, O. O.
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Microwave pyrolysis of oil palm fibres [PDF]
, 2010 Malaysia and Indonesia are generating millions of ton of oil palm fibres (OPF) from their oil palm mills as biomass solid wastes which needs proper waste utilization application.
Ani, Farid Nasir, Arshad Adam, Salema
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Catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into chemicals and fuels
Green Energy & Environment, 2022 Weiping Deng +23 more
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Will Washington Provide Its Own Feedstocks for Biofuels? [PDF]
The study finds that Washington State’s field corn, sugar beet and canola production could satisfy only a small percentage of the State’s annual gasoline or diesel consumption.
Craig S. Frear +3 more
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Valorization of Lignocellulosic Biomass [PDF]
ChemCatChem, 2016 Rafael Luque, Kostas Triantafyllidis
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Days Available for Harvesting Lignocellulosic Biomass [PDF]
A reasonably precise estimate of the number of harvest days is necessary to determine the investment in harvest machines required to support a lignocellulosic biorefinery. This study was undertaken to determine probability distributions for the number of
Epplin, Francis M., Hwang, Seonghuyk
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Improving lignocellulosic biomass yield
, 2013 Comunicación ...
Allona Alberich, Isabel Marta +3 more
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