Energy from Biomass: Proceedings of the EC Contractors’ Meeting held in Copenhagen, 23–24 June 1981

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction and Summary....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Energy Production Using Straw and Animal Wastes as Feedstocks....Pages 8-12
An Experimental Assessment of Native and Naturalised Species of Plants as Renewable Sources of Energy in Great Britain....Pages 13-19
Studies on the Yield of Catch Crops Grown for Fuel....Pages 20-24
Joint Research on Arundo Donax as an Energy Crop....Pages 25-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
An Experimental Study of Short Rotation Forestry for Energy....Pages 30-34
Coppiced Trees as Energy Crops....Pages 35-38
1 - Selection and Creation of Forest Material for Biomass Production 2 - Establishment of Short Rotation Coppices....Pages 39-42
Utilization of Coppice Forests Biomass for Fuel and Other Industrial Uses....Pages 43-46
The Production of Energy from Short Rotation Forestry....Pages 47-51
To Design, Build and Test a Biomass Harvester/Chipper....Pages 52-56
Design and Building of a Forestry Wastes Harvester....Pages 57-63
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Methane Production by Mariculture on Land....Pages 64-69
Investigations on the Mass Culture of Marine Algae in Southern Italy....Pages 70-75
Exploitation of Lagoon Macro-Algae for Biogas Production....Pages 76-80
For a Solar Biotechnology Based on Microalgae....Pages 81-84
Biomass from Offshore Sea Areas....Pages 85-89
Biomass from Offshore Sea Areas....Pages 90-94
Renewable Hydrocarbon Production by Cultivation of the Green Alga....Pages 95-95
Production Renouvelable D’hydrocarbures Par Culture De L’algue Verte....Pages 96-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
The Anaerobic Digestion of Farm Wastes and Energy Crops....Pages 104-107
Methane from Agricultural Wastes and from Energy Crops....Pages 108-112
Methane Production by Anaerobic Digestion of Algae....Pages 113-120
Two-Phase Process for the Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Wastes Yielding Methane and Compost....Pages 121-125
Starting Up of a Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion....Pages 126-130
Alcoholic Fermentation Improvement of the Technology Based on Physiological Phenomena....Pages 131-138
Utilization of Agricultural Wastes as Energy Sources Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose to Glucose....Pages 139-150
Liquefaction and Saccharification of Agricultural Biomass....Pages 151-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
The Development of Furnace/Heat Exchanger Systems in which Chopped Cereal Straw is the Fuel....Pages 158-162
The Use of Gas Scrubbers for Heat Extraction from Straw Furnaces....Pages 163-166
Heat Energy from Animal Waste by Combined Drying, Combustion and Heat Recovery....Pages 167-171
High Temperature Straw Granulation....Pages 172-175
Mobile Pyrolisis Plant for the Production of Charcoal and Condensable Hydrocarbons from Biomass....Pages 176-180
Thermochemical Biomass Gasification....Pages 181-186
Pressurised Gasification of Wood with Oxygen Combustion or Eectrical Heating....Pages 187-193
Experimental Work on a Fixed-Bed Oxygen Gasifier in the View of Methanol Synthesis using Biomass as a Feedstock....Pages 194-197
Process and Equipment for the Fluidized Bed Oxygen Gasification of wood....Pages 198-202
Progress in the Development of a Test Facility for Biomass Gasification Studies....Pages 203-208
Catalytic Liquefaction of Wood Material....Pages 209-214
Back Matter....Pages 215-220