FUEL 150 |
| Danny Day, Eprida, Inc, 1151 E. Whitehall Rd, UGA Bioconversion Center, Athens, GA 30602, Robert J. Evans, Hydrogen Technologies and Systems Group, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393, James W. Lee, Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 4500N, A16, MS-6194, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6194, and Don Reicosky, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, 803 Iowa Avenue, Morris, MN 56267. |
| The increasing anthropogenic CO2 emissions and possible global warming have challenged the United States and other countries to find new and better ways to meet the world’s increasing needs for energy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Our approach applies a pyrolysis process that has been developed to produce charcoal like by-product and synthetic gas (containing mainly H2 and CO2) from biomass. A portion of the hydrogen is used to make ammonia, which is combined with the char, CO2, and H2O at atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature to form a nitrogen rich char. The NH4HCO3-char can be used a slow release fertilizer. This concept of biomass energy production with agriculture charcoal utilization may open the door to million of tons of CO2 being removed from industrial emissions while utilizing captured C to restore valuable soil carbon content. |
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Chemistry of Renewable Fuels and Chemicals
8:30 AM-11:45 AM, Wednesday, August 25, 2004 Pennsylvania Convention Center -- 112B, Oral
Division of Fuel Chemistry |