The first is fast pyrolysis, a thermal breakdown process that occurs in an inert atmosphere at moderate temperature. The resulting lignocellulosic biomass produces bio-oils that contain roughly 40 ...

So the biomass industry and its allies are pushing for new ways to use biomass, claiming these projects are clean. But they’re far from it. These false solutions come with the same old problems — and ...

The mill uses an anaerobic digester ETP (environmental treatment plant) for the water treatment system and the biology is not thriving. The goal is to be able to treat the water and grow enough ...

2010). These types of biomass can be converted into ethanol via fermentation (of the sugars) or after hydrolysis of the starch into fermentable sugars (Walter & Ensinas 2010). Of course these are ...

Biomass is organic material from plants and animals. This can be used as a source of energy. By-products from forestry, plants and animal waste from farms, even sewage and some waste from landfill ...

The research team acknowledges that the idea of using asteroids as fertilizer for biomass production is still in its very early stages. They note that a lot of testing of such biomass would need ...

At the event, materials firm BASF and electronics giant Siemens presented a circuit breaker with components made from biomass-balanced plastics. Officials said the circuit breaker is the first ...

French state energy company EDF is scrapping its biomass conversion project at the ... main secondary piping system for its EPR2 nuclear reactors. The secondary circuit pipes bring steam from ...

Many of these US trees are destined to be turned into small pellets for the biomass industry. At wood pellet mills, wood is chipped, dried, ground and compressed into uniform, easily storable pellets.

Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesia's push to add wood-burning to its energy mix and exports is driving deforestation, including in key habitats for endangered species such as orangutans, a report said ...