Managing Editor, Bioenergy and Bioresource:Open Access, Brussels, Belgium
Opinion
Biomass Compression for Transport to Biorefinery
Author(s): Leo Dankworth*
The Liquid fossil fuels (1) enable transportation, (2) power mobile work platforms, and (3) power on-demand for highly variable demands (seasonal heat and peak power). Describes a system that replaces liquid fossil fuels with drop-in biofuels such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. There is no net influx of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere due to the burning of biofuels, as growing biomass removes carbon dioxide from the air. In addition, when properly managed, biofuel systems can isolate large amounts of carbon as soil organic matter, improve soil fertility and provide other environmental services. In the United States, liquid biofuels have the potential to replace all liquid fossil fuels. The required system has two main functions. First, the heat and hydrogen for converting biomass to high quality liquid fuels is provided by external low carbon energy sources, nuclear power, or f.. View More»
DOI:
10.37532/bboa.22.3.2. 6.
