What is Biomass Power The term “biomass power” refers to generating electricity or heat by utilizing organic materials, or biomass, as the primary fuel source. Biomass can include various biological materials derived from plants, trees,…
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Anaerobic Digesters: Methanogen
Methanogen refers to an anaerobic process in which the electron equivalents in organic matter (BODL) are used to reduce carbon to its most reduced oxidation state, -4 in CH4, or methane. Methane is a poorly…
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Process Development: Bench to Commercialization
Process development -leading a process from bench-scale optimization and characterization through scale-up to piloting and commercialization requires a variety of knowledge and skills for the process development engineer and scientist. Beyond core competencies (e.g. chemistry,…
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Co-Processing Biomass
Co-processing biomass with fossil carbon feeds and/or wastes? The adoption of renewable chemicals and fuels is a necessity for the future. However, our current fossil carbon-based economy has created a highly efficient infrastructure for processing…
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Using Biomass to Produce Energy
Using biomass to produce energy makes sense because biomass and biofuels made from biomass are alternative energy sources to fossil fuels—coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Thus, while burning fossil fuels or biomass does release carbon…
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Gasification Technologies
In gasification technology selection, a necessary initial step is to narrow the search down to a smaller subset of gasification technologies that best match the application and have achieved the necessary technology readiness level (TRL). …
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The King of Biofuels – A Guide to Pyrolysis’ Progress and Prospects
Biofuels Digest recently invited two of our noted biofuels experts, Dr. Lorenz Bauer and Dr. Terry Mazanec, to lead webinars on the field of pyrolysis and to discuss its progress and future prospects. Dr. Bauer…
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Biomass Pyrolysis Comes of Age
By Dr. Lorenz Bauer, LEC Partners After many years of development biomass pyrolysis is finally maturing as a commercial technology. Pyrolysis is not incineration. The goal is to use heat in the absence of oxygen to…
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Celebrating Canada’s 150th: A Short History of the Biofuel Industry in Canada
By Dr. Gerald Kutney, LEC Partners The 150th anniversary of Confederation on July 1st is a time to reflect upon the country’s achievements; this article covers the evolution of the Canadian biofuel industry – including gaseous,…
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Biofuels Agitation Expert
Agitation is a crucial part of any biofuels process. This means having the right agitation equipment and making sure it operates properly. A biofuels agitation expert is one who consults with clients on the design…
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