Energy from Biomass: Proceedings of the EC Contractors’ Meeting held in Copenhagen, 23–24 June 1981 (Solar Energy R&D in the Ec Series E:, 1)

This book is the first volume of a new ser ies on solar energy researeh and developnent whieh is earried out in the European Communi ty. The Commission of the European Cammunity's Directorate General (XII) for Researeh, Scienee and Edueation is eurrently implementing, on a eost-sharing hasis, a solar energy R+D programme through eontraets wi th European industry, researeh institutions and universities. 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 Proceedings of the Workshop on Biomass Pilot Projects on Methanol Production and Algae, held in Brussels, 27 October 1981 Proceedings of the EC Contractors' Meeting held in Copenahgen, 23-24 June, 1981