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    This document discusses biomass conversion technologies. Biomass includes organic materials from living and recently living organisms. There are three main platforms for converting biomass - biochemical, thermochemical, and biochemical digestion. The biochemical platform uses sugars from biomass. The thermochemical platform includes pyrolysis and gasification. The digestion platform produces biogas from anaerobic decomposition. These platforms can produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts through various conversion processes like fermentation and transesterification.

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    This document discusses biomass conversion technologies. Biomass includes organic materials from living and recently living organisms. There are three main platforms for converting biomass - biochemical, thermochemical, and biochemical digestion. The biochemical platform uses sugars from biomass. The thermochemical platform includes pyrolysis and gasification. The digestion platform produces biogas from anaerobic decomposition. These platforms can produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts through various conversion processes like fermentation and transesterification.

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    This document discusses biomass conversion technologies. Biomass includes organic materials from living and recently living organisms. There are three main platforms for converting biomass - biochemical, thermochemical, and biochemical digestion. The biochemical platform uses sugars from biomass. The thermochemical platform includes pyrolysis and gasification. The digestion platform produces biogas from anaerobic decomposition. These platforms can produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts through various conversion processes like fermentation and transesterification.

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    Biomass Conversion

    Technologies
    What is Biomass?
     All living and recently living
    organisms, animal/plant waste,
    industrial and municipal waste
     Categories
     Biofuels
     Biopower
     Bioproducts

     Biorefineries
    Conversion Technologies
    Biochemical Platform
    (Sugar)

    Biogas Platform Combined


    Biomass (Anaerobic Digestion) Heat & Power,
    Feedstock Fuels,
    Thermochemical Chemicals,
    Platform and Materials
    • Pyrolysis
    • Gasification

    Carbon Rich Chains


    Platform (Biodiesel)
    Biochemical Conversion
     Plant matter – hemicellulose, cellulose, lignin
     Pretreatment
     Hydrolysis
     Sugar Fermentation
    Thermochemical Conversion
     Gasification,
    Pyrolysis, Direct
    Hydrothermal
    Liquefaction
     Carbon monoxide
    and Syngas
    (Hydrogen)
    Pyrolysis
     Absence of oxygen

     Thermal
    degradation

     Liquid pyrolysis oil


    Anaerobic Digestion
     Biogas Platform -
    Methane
     Decomposition -
    microorganisms
     Anaerobic Digesters
     Four Main
    Processes
     Uses wastes and
    turns into valuable
    compost
    Transesterification
     “Biodiesel” Platform
     Takes vegetable oil, animal fat, or grease
    into biodiesel – fatty acid methyl ester
     Base catalyzed of the oil with alcohol,
    direct acid catalyzed, and conversion of
    the oil to fatty acids and then to alkyl
    esters with acid catalysts
    Energy Crops
     Specific purpose of
    producing energy
     DOE – switchgrass,
    willow, poplar
     Selective breeding,
    genetic engineering
    Biomass Today
     Construction of large-scale Biorefineries

     Improved Catalysis Technology


     High Selectivity
     Less Energy Intensive Conditions
     Reduction of Unit Operations

     Combined Government and Industry


    Efforts
    Questions?
    References

     Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Biomass Program: Biomass


    Basics, November 2006, http://www.eere.energy.gov/biomass.
     National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Biomass Research, November
    2006, http://www.nrel.gov/biomass.
     Energy Information Administration, Biomass, August 2005,
    http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/page/biomass/biomass.h
    tml.
     Dutton, Gail. Industry Takes Another Look at Biomass: New Policy
    Encourage Growth of Technology, Genetic Engineering News v. 21, n.
    5. March 1, 2001. http://www.mindfully.org/GE/Look-At-Biomass-
    Growth.htm

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