Energy from the Biomass: Third EC conference

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
PREFACE......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 9
OPENING SESSION......Page 24
THE ENERGY FROM BIOMASS PROGRAMME OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES......Page 26
LA BIOMASSE DANS LA COMPETITION ENERGETIQUE......Page 29
BIOMASS FUELS IN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT:......Page 37
THE ITALIAN BIOMASS SCENE:......Page 44
’AVENIR DE LAGRICULTURE EUROPEENNE ET VALORISATION DE LA BIOMASSE......Page 52
THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND BIOMASS ENERGY......Page 55
KURZFRISTIGE VERFUGBARKEIT VON FORSTLICHER BIOMASSE IN DER BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND......Page 59
LA BIOMASSE, SOURCE DE SUBSTITUTS AU PÉTROLE DANS LE SECTEUR DES TRANSPORTS......Page 67
SESSION I: THE EUROPEAN SCENE......Page 77
TREES AND WOOD AS AN ENERGY SOURCE IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES......Page 79
BIOMASS AVAILABILITY AND USE IN THE INDUSTRIAL REGIONS......Page 85
-’RESSOURCES EN BIOMASSES UTILISABLES A DES FINS ENERGETIQUES EN MILIEU AGRICOLECAS DE LEUROPE DES 10......Page 94
BIOMASS FOR HEATING AND FUELS IN AUSTRIA: A CASE STUDY FOR EUROPE?......Page 103
SESSION II: TECHNICAL SESSION......Page 113
ZUR AGRARPOLITISCHEN BEDEUTUNG DER ETHANOLPRODUKTION IN DER BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND......Page 115
THE USE OF FORESTS AS A SOURCE OF BIOMASS ENERGY......Page 124
THE AVAILABILITY OF WASTES AND RESIDUES AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY......Page 133
THE POTENTIAL OF NATURAL VEGETATION AS A SOURCE OF BIOMASS ENERGY......Page 144
-PHOTOBIOLOGYTHE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF BIOLOGICAL ENERGY CONVERSION......Page 153
THE BIOMASS TO SYNTHESIS GAS PILOT PLANT PROGRAMME OF THE CEC; A FIRST EVALUATON OF ITS RESULTS......Page 157
BIOMETHANATION, THE PARADOX OF A MATURE TECHNOLOGY:......Page 183
NOVEL METHODS AND NEW FEEDSTOCKS FOR ALCOHOL FROM BIOMASS:......Page 189
USE OF ALGAL SYSTEMS AS A SOURCE OF FUEL AND CHEMICALS......Page 196
SESSION III: IMPLEMENTATION......Page 203
-L E B E NLARGE EUROPEAN BIOENERGY PROJECT......Page 205
THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF FUEL ALCOHOL IN ZIMBABWE......Page 212
’CANADAS ENERGY FROM THE FOREST PROGRAMME......Page 217
INTEGRATED FOOD-ENERGY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS......Page 240
THE USE OF WASTES AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY IN THE UK......Page 247
THE SOUTHERN US BIOMASS ENERGY PROGRAMS WITH EMPHASIS ON FLORIDA......Page 256
BIOMASS ENERGY UTILISATON AND ITS TECHNOLOGIES IN CHINA RURAL AREAS......Page 263
SUMMARIES OF ROUND TABLES......Page 271
ROUND TABLES......Page 273
SUMMARIES OF WORKSHOPS......Page 278
WORKSHOPS......Page 280
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS......Page 302
BIOMASS FROM SHORT ROTATION COPPICE WILLOW IN NORTHERN IRELAND......Page 304
BIOMASS GAINS IN COPPICING TREES FOR ENERGY CROPS......Page 309
SHORT ROTATION COPPICE FOREST BIOMASS PRODUCTIONTHE WORK OF THE IUFRO S1.0510 WORKING PARTY......Page 314
SHORT ROTATION FORESTRY FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION......Page 318
UNE PLANTE ENERGETIQUE A CYCLE COURTE: LE GENET CYTISUS SCOPARIUS......Page 323
ENERGY AND BIOMASS OF PIEDMONT HARDWOODS......Page 329
COPPICED TREES AS ENERGY CROPS......Page 334
’FAOS ACTIVITIES ON INDUSTRIAL WOOD-BASED ENERGY......Page 337
ENERGY FORESTRY RESEARCH IN BRITAIN......Page 341
’FOREST BIOMASS: INRAS PROGRAMME......Page 346
EUPHORBIA PROJECT: RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION THROUGH THE CULTIVATION AND PROCESSING OF SEMI-ARID LAND BIOMASS IN KENYA......Page 354
’POTENTIALITES DE PRODUCTION DUN COUVERT VEGETAL......Page 360
PRODUCTIVITE DE ROSEAU PHRAGMITES......Page 367
COMPARATIVE BIOMASS YIELDS OF ENERGY CROPS......Page 369
ONOPORDUM NERVOSUM BOISS AS A POTENTIAL ENERGY CROP......Page 377
STRAW AS A BIOMASS RESOURCE AND ITS ACQUISITION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM......Page 382
STUDIES ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF SWEET SORGHUM AND JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION BASED ON FERMENTABLE SUGAR......Page 387
THE POTENTIAL FOR STRAW AS A FUEL IN THE UK......Page 392
IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE LIQUID FUEL CROPS IN THE EEC......Page 397
ENERGETIC OUTLETS OF AGRICULTURE IN THE EEC......Page 399
THE DEVELOPMENT OF WETLAND ENERGY CROPS IN MINNESOTA, USAMANAGING STANDS FOR CONTINUED PRODUCTIVITY......Page 403
ENERGY FROM AGRICULTURESOME RESULTS OF SWEDISH ENERGY CROPPING EXPERIMENTS......Page 408
EPURATION DES EAUX ET PRODUITS DE HAUTE VALEUR TIRES DE LA JACINTHE DEAU......Page 413
AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM: MASS ALGAE CULTURE IN POLLUTED LUKE-WARM WATER FOR PRODUCTION OF METHANE, HIGH VALUE PRODUCTS AND ANIMAL FEED......Page 418
PROPERTIES OF ALGAL BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND THE PARAMETERS DETERMINING ITS FERMENTATIVE DEGRADATION......Page 424
’POTENTIALITES DE PRODUCTION DE BIOMASSE AQUATIQUE DANS LES LAGUNES DEPURATION......Page 432
PRODUCTION OF ALGAL BIOMASS IN VENICE LAGOON: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGETIC ASPECTS......Page 438
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION, AMMONIA PRODUCTION AND NITROGEN FIXATION BY FREE AND IMMOBILISED CYANOBACTERIA......Page 441
EFFECT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF NITROGEN FIXING BLUE-GREEN ALGA ANABAENA VARIABILIS UNDER OUTDOOR CONDITIONS......Page 448
AN ENERGY BUDGET FOR ALGAL CULTURE ON ANIMAL SLURRY IN TEMPERATE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS......Page 454
PHOTOSYNTHETIC BASIS OF BIOMASS PRODUCTION BY WATER HYACINTH GROWN UNDER HIGH CO2 LEVEL......Page 459
EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES: PRODUCTION IN REPEATED HARVEST SYSTEMS ON WASTE WATER IN THE LANGUEDOC REGION (FRANCE)......Page 464
THE EFFECT OF NUTRIENT APPLICATION ON PLANT AND SOIL NUTRIENT CONTENT IN RELATION TO BIOMASS HARVESTING......Page 471
HCO3 UPTAKE THROUGH THE ROOTS IN WILLOW AND SUNFLOWER AND EFFECT OF UPTAKE OF WILLOW CUTTINGS......Page 477
CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT GROWTH OF EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS IN RELATION WITH TEMPERATURE AND WATER STRESS......Page 484
MICROPROPAGATION OF WILLOWS (SALIX SPP)......Page 489
THE USE OF PHOTOINTERPRETATION FOR BIOMASS EVALUATION AND POSSIBLE BIOMASS RECOVERY IN AN AREA OF THE LOMBARDY REGION......Page 493
PHOTOSYNTHETIC SOLAR ENERGY CAPTURING IN A CROPPING SYSTEM WITH EXTENSIVE EXPLOITATION OF BIOMASS FOR FUEL PRODUCTION......Page 498
MICROPROPAGATION OF SOME FOREST TREE SPECIES......Page 506
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION IN THE FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY: A FEASIBILITY STUDY......Page 515
PURIFICATION OF BIOGAS......Page 520
CONTRIBUTION TO COMPREHENSIVE ENGINEERING CONCEPTION OF METHANISATION BASED ON KINETIC APPROACH......Page 526
PERFORMANCE OF ANAEROBIC EXPANDED BED REACTORS TREATING MUNICIPAL SEWAGE......Page 533
ANAEROBIC STABILISATION OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOODBASED INDUSTRIAL WASTES......Page 538
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION AND METHANE PRODUCTION OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE WASTES......Page 544
’FERMENTATION MÈTHANIQUE EN DISCONTINU DES FUMIERS A LA FERME: SIMULATION DU FONCTIONNEMENT DUNE INSTALLATION EN SITUATION RÈELLE......Page 549
THE PRODUCTION OF METHANE FROM BIOMASS IN THE UNITED STATES: ECONOMICS, TRADEOFFS AND PROSPECTS......Page 555
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF PIG MANURE: RESULTS ON FARM SCALE AND NEW PROCESS......Page 560
AN ECONOMIC APPROACH TO BIOGAS GENERATION AND USE......Page 564
METHANE FROM BIOLOGICAL ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC WASTES......Page 567
EXPERIENCES WITH ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF VARIOUS CASSAVA RESIDUES IN INDONESIA......Page 573
BIOGAS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED AND EVALUATED BY ENADIMSA......Page 579
INFLUENCE OF HYDROGEN ADDITION ON THE POTENTIAL OF METHANOGENIC ECOSYSTEMS......Page 584
BUTYRATE PRODUCTION AND VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS INTERCONVERSION DURING PROPIONATE DEGRADATION BY ANAEROBIC SLUDGES......Page 592
LARGE SCALE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF ANIMAL WASTES IN THE NETHERLANDS......Page 599
THE ANOXAL PROCESS: ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF LIQUID INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS......Page 604
BIOGAS PRODUCTION FROM SOLID PINEAPPLE CANNERY WASTE AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE......Page 609
ADHESION OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA FROM METHANOGENIC SLUDGE ONTO INERT SOLID SURFACES......Page 614
GRANULAR METHANOGENIC SLUDGE: MICROBIAL AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS......Page 619
FULL-SCALE METHANIZATIN OF SUGARY WASTE WATERS IN A DOWNFLOW ANAEROBIC FILTER......Page 628
METHANE FERMENTATION OF DISTILLERY WASTE WATER OF SUGAR CANE ALCOHOL ON A FIXED BIOMASS PILOT......Page 634
FIXED BIOMASS ON LIGNOCELLULOSE MEDIA FOR THE METHANE FERMENTATION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER......Page 640
TWO-PHASE DIGESTION OF DISTILLERY SLOPS USING A FIXED BED REACTOR FOR BIOMETHANATION......Page 647
BIOGAS FROM GREEN AND SILAGED PLANTS IN A DIGESTER WITH INTERNAL LIQUID CIRCUIT......Page 653
-ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTEPRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION......Page 659
IMPROVED TECHNOLOGIES IN BIOGAS PRODUCTION FROM ALGAE OF THE VENICE LAGOON AND WASTE TREATMENT......Page 665
APPLICATON OF GAS FROM BIOMASS: CONDITIONING OF GAS OR ADAPTATION OF GAS FIRED EQUIPMENT......Page 668
PILOT PLANT BIOMETHANATION OF CULTIVATED MARINE ALGAE TETRASELMIS FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION IN SOUTHERN ITALY......Page 674
JOINT BELGIUM-BURUNDI BIOMETHANATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: MAIN RESULTS AFTER TWO YEARS ACTIVITY......Page 681
INDUSTRIAL RESULTS OF SGN FIXED FILM ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION PROCESS......Page 686
THE BIO-GAS PROJECTS IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA (ITALY): FIRST RESULTS OF FIVE FULL SCALE PLANTS......Page 692
METHANE PRODUCTION FROM GREEN AND ENSILED CROPS TECHNOLOGICAL AND MICROBIAL PARAMETERS......Page 698
FEASIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY OF THERMOPHILIC METHANE FERMENTATION WITH PIG MANURE AND POTATO STILLAGE AS SUBSTRATES......Page 704
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF MACROALGAE OF THE LAGOON OF VENICE: EXPERIENCES WITH A 5 MC CAPACITY PILOT REACTOR......Page 710
BIOENERGY FROM TANNERY BIOMASS: EXPERIMENTAL WORK ON ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FROM LABORATORY TO REAL PLANT SCALE......Page 713
UTILISATION OF ACTIVATED CARBON AND CARBON MOLECULAR SIEVES IN BIOGAS PURIFICATION AND METHANE RECOVERY......Page 717
MEMBRANE CLEANING OF BIOGAS FOR INJECTION TO PIPELINES......Page 722
BIOMASS AND COENZYME F420 DISTRIBUTION IN ANAEROBIC FILTERS......Page 727
KINETICS OF LANDFILL LEACHATE TREATMENT BY ANAEROBIC DIGESTION......Page 733
BIOGAS RESEARCH IN AUSTRIA......Page 738
MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF A REAL SCALE DIGESTER......Page 744
ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF HIGH LOAD INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER BY MEANS OF A FREE-CELLS FERMENTATION PROCESS......Page 747
CLONING AND ANALYSIS OF GENES INVOLVED IN CELLULOSE DEGRADATION BY CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM......Page 750
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPLICATION IN STUDYING THE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL FROM SUGARCONTAINING MEDIA......Page 755
BASIC TRIALS TO CO-IMMOBILIZE ALGAE AND YEAST FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL......Page 760
ETHANOL FROM UNCONVENTIONAL SUBSTRATES USING YEAST CO-IMMOBILIZED WITH NON-YEAST GLYCOSIDASES......Page 766
ETHANOL FROM PENTOSES AND PENTOSANS BY THERMOPHILIC AND MESOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS......Page 772
RAPID DETERMINATION OF YEAST CONCENTRATION IN FERMENTATION BROTHS......Page 777
UTILISATION OF BAMBOO FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL......Page 781
CONTINUOUS CONVERSION OF LACTOSE TO ETHANOL USING ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS AND IMMOBILIZED B-GALACTOSIDASE......Page 787
NEW CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL USING IMMOBILIZED CELLS REACTOR......Page 793
ACETONE BUTANOL FERMENTATION OF HYDROLYSATES OBTAINED BY ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL LIGNOCELLULOSIC RESIDUES......Page 796
ACID HYDROLYSIS FOR THE CONVERSION OF CELLULOSIC BIOMASS TO ETHANOL......Page 801
NMR ANALYSIS OF FERMENTATION PRODUCTS BY CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM......Page 809
ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS AND SCP PRODUCTION FROM SOLVENT DELIGNIFIED EUCALYPTUS GLOBUS L. BIOMASS......Page 814
ENHANCED BUTANOL-TOLERANCE IN MUTANTS OF CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM......Page 820
’’INFLUENCE DE LA NUTRITION AZOTEE SUR LA CROISSANCE ET LA PRODUCTION DHYDROCARBURES D LALGAE UNICELLULAIRE BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII......Page 827
-INFLUENCE OF LIGHT INTENSITY ON HYDROCARBON AND TOTAL BIOMASS PRODUCTION OF BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNIIRELATIONSHIPS WITH PHOTOSYNTHETIC CHARACTERISTICS......Page 833
-SCREENING OF WILD STRAINS OF THE HYDROCARBON-RICH ALGA BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNIIPRODUCTIVITY AND HYDROCARBON NATURE......Page 841
CHROMATOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF CRUDE OILS FROM WOOD......Page 846
METHYL ESTERS OF TALLOW AS A DIESEL COMPONENT......Page 850
PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBONS FROM BIOMASS......Page 859
RENEWABLE HYDROCARBONS AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS FROM KENYAN PLANTS......Page 865
CORN DRYING, CEREAL STRAW COMBUSTION, HARVEST AND ENERGETIC VALORIZATION OF CORN COBS......Page 871
WOODSTOVES IN THE NETHERLANDS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS......Page 875
FLUIDISED BED COMBUSTION OF BOTH LIGHT AND WET BIOMASS......Page 882
DEVELOPMENT OF A DOMESTIC FIREWOOD BURNER FOR COOKING......Page 885
JOINT ENTERPRISE AND UTILIZATION OF A BRIQUETTING PLANT FOR STRAW......Page 890
PELLETIZATION OF STRAW......Page 896
CHARCOAL AS FUEL: NEW TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES......Page 902
RESULTS FROM RESEARCH WORK IN HEAT GENERATION FROM WOOD AND STRAW......Page 907
BASICS OF THE COMBUSTION OF WOOD AND STRAW......Page 914
TEST RESULTS FROM PILOT PLANTS FOR FIRING WOOD AND STRAW IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY......Page 920
BIOMASS-FUELED FURNACE COUPLED TO GREENHOUSE HEATING AND CROP DRYING SYSTEMS......Page 927
QUALITY OF DENSIFIED BIOMASS PRODUCTS......Page 933
ON THE TESTING OF WOODBURNING COOKSTOVES......Page 939
AIR POLLUTION FROM BIOMASS HEATED BOILERS COMPARED WITH THAT FROM WASTE INCINERATION AND OIL COMBUSTION......Page 947
KINETIC OF WOOD TAR PYROLYSIS......Page 950
AN INTERMEDIATE CAPITAL INTENSIVE PYROLYSIS SYSTEM APPLICABLE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES......Page 956
GASIFICATION OF AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES IN A DOWNDRAFT GASIFIER......Page 962
SOME KINETIC ASPECTS ON THE PYROLYSIS OF BIOMASS AND BIOMASS COMPONENTS......Page 968
WOOD PYROLYSIS: A MODEL INCLUDING THERMAL EFFECT OF THE REACTION......Page 975
PLATFORM TESTS OF BIOMASS COMBUSTION AND GASIFICATION EQUIPMENT......Page 980
BATCH CARBONISATION OF COCONUT SHELL AND WOOD WITH THE RECOVERY OF WASTE HEAT......Page 983
FAST PYROLYSIS OF CELLULOSE......Page 995
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EXPLOITATION OF RECOVERED WOOD THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF CARBONISATION AND ACTIVATION PROCESSES......Page 1002
RESULTS OF TESTS WITH DIFFERENT GASIFIERS FOR FARM USE......Page 1007
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF BIOMASS GASIFICATION......Page 1012
MODERN EQUIPMENT FOR THE GENERATION OF PRODUCER GAS OUT OF BLOCK WOOD AND GRANULAR WOOD WASTE......Page 1018
GASIFICATION OF BIOMASSES BY HTW-GASIFICATION PROCESS......Page 1023
SYNGAS PRODUCTION FROM WOOD BY OXYGEN GASIFICATION UNDER PRESSURE......Page 1028
THERMAL DEGRADATION OF FIRWOOD AND FIRBARK INFLUENCE OF SIZE AND GASEOUS ATMOSPHERES......Page 1034
GASIFICATION OF RICE HUSK IN A SMALL DOWNDRAFT MOVING BED......Page 1041
FUEL- AND SYNTHESIS GAS FROM BIOMASS VIA GASIFICATION IN THE CIRCULATING FLUID BED......Page 1048
METHANE FROM BIOMASS-PROCESS OPTIMISATION......Page 1054
SENSITIVITY OF THEORETICAL GASIFIER PERFORMANCE TO SYSTEM PARAMETERS......Page 1060
WOOD LIQUEFACTION: TOTAL MASS AND ENERGY BALANCES......Page 1069
STUDY OF THE DIRECT LIQUEFACTION OF WOOD IN THE PRESENCE OF IRON ADDITIVES......Page 1075
DIRECT THERMOCHEMICAL LIQUEFACTION OF PLANT BIOMASS USING HYDROGENATING CONDITIONS......Page 1080
’LE PRÉTRAITMENT, LHYDROLYSE, LA PYROLYSE ET LA LIQUEFACTION DE LA BIOMASSE: VERS UNE APPROCHE UNIFIEE......Page 1086
A TECHNO-ECONOMIC COMPARISON OF BIOMASS THERMOCHEMICAL LIQUEFACTION PROCESSES......Page 1091
WHAT FUTURE FOR THE THERMOCHEMICAL LIQUEFACTION OF BIOMASS?......Page 1097
IMPROVEMENT OF THE ETHYLENE GLYCOL WATER SYSTEMS FOR THE COMPONENT SEPARATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSES......Page 1102
HYDROTHERMOLYSIS OF SHORT ROTATION FORESTRY PLANTS......Page 1107
SYNTHESIS OF SEVERAL ALCOHOLS FROM BIOMASS GASES WITH ZEOLITE CATALYSTS......Page 1113
INVESTIGATIONS ON METHANOL CATALYTIC SYNTHESIS FROM BIOMASS GASES: OPTIMIZATION OF THE PROCESS ON A NEW CATALYST......Page 1118
THE SOLID-LIQUID TRANSFER PROCESS IN A SLIGHTLY HYDRATED HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM: A WAY TO SYNTHESISE ORGANIC CHEMICALS FROM BIOMASS......Page 1124
BIOCONVERSION OF ORGANOSOLV LIGNINS BY DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNGI......Page 1129
THE FRACTIONATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC SUBSTRATES BY STEAM EXPLOSION AND THE SUBSEQUENT CONVERSION OF THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS TO SUGARS, FUELS AND CHEMICALS......Page 1134
CHEMICALS FROM SUGAR INDUSTRY WASTE PRODUCTS......Page 1139
NEW PROCESS FOR THE FABRICATION OF ETHYL ESTERS FROM CRUDE VEGETABLE OILS AND HYDRATED ETHYL ALCOHOL......Page 1142
BIODEGRADATION OF NATIVE CELLULOSE......Page 1146
STUDY OF ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS OF ALKALI PRETREATED ONOPORDUM NERVOSUM......Page 1152
THE ROLE OF MICROORGANISMS ISOLATED FROM FUNGUSCOMB-CONSTRUCTING AFRICAN TERMITES IN THE DEGRADATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSE......Page 1157
A BIOMASS PROJECT (GASIFICATION AND PYROLYSIS) FOR LOWER AUSTRIA......Page 1159
NEW DOMESTIC RENEWABLE ENERGY THROUGH HIGH TEHNOLOGY OF BIOGASES......Page 1163
PROSPECTIVE METHODOLOGY ADAPTED TO GLOBAL BIOMASS PROJECT CHOICES AND INTEGRATION (MODELISATION OF A BIOMASS VALORIZATION PROCESS)......Page 1168
AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE ENERGY VALORISATION OF CEREAL STRAW IN FRANCE......Page 1173
INTEGRATION AND ASSESSMENT OF BIOMASS RESEARCH INFORMATION BY USE OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS......Page 1179
CONVERSION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL TO ETHANOL INFLUENCE OF RAW MATERIAL YIELD AND HEMICELLULOSE UTILIZATION ON SALES PRICE OF ETHANOL......Page 1185
-BIOENERGY IN REGIONAL ENERGY SYSTEMSA CASE STUDY FROM HADELAND IN NORWAY......Page 1190
POSSIBILITIES OF RELIEVING THE EC AGRICULTURAL MARKET THROUGH ENERGY PRODUCTION FOR EXAMPLE RAPE AND SHORT-ROTATION FORESTRY......Page 1194
THE ECONOMICS OF THERMOCHEMICAL ROUTES FROM WOOD TO LIQUIDS......Page 1200
CHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE SWEDISH AGROBIOENERGY PROJECT......Page 1206
--ENERGETIC OPTIMIZATION OF BIOMASS IN THE FARMING SYSTEMS OF MARGINALISED AREASLABOUR AND CAPITAL RESTRICTIONSECONOMIC ANALYSIS......Page 1213
BIOMASS AS AN ENERGY SOURCE IN THE FRENCH CONTEXT, PROMISES AND CONSTRAINTS......Page 1219
FUEL ETHANOL IN BRAZIL AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTROL OF LEAD ADDITIVES IN THE EEC COUNTRIES......Page 1224
RESIDUE BRIQUETTING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES......Page 1231
AN ECONOMIC PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A DIESEL FUEL SUBSTITUTE FROM EDIBLE OIL FRACTIONS......Page 1236
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSING OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC RESIDUES: ALTERNATIVES IN THAILAND......Page 1241
ENERGY FROM BIOMASS (PROGRAMME & POLICIES)......Page 1247
DEVELOPMENT OF BIOMASS IN MALAYSIA......Page 1252
THE BIOMASS ROLE IN THE BRAZILIAN ENERGY BALANCE......Page 1257
SMALL STEAM SYSTEMS FOR THE THIRD WORLD......Page 1262
BIOMASS ENERGY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN COASTAL ECUADOR......Page 1267
DISSEMINATION OF ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: STOVE AND FORESTRY PROJECTS IN GUJARAT......Page 1274
FUELWOOD SCARCITY IN RURAL INDIA: PERCEPTIONS AND POLICIES......Page 1279
IMPLEMENTATION OF WOOD GASIFIERS AND THEIR USE WITHIN THE PROJECT “SOLAR VILLAGE INDONESIA”......Page 1285
1.4 AND 4.8 MW WOODGAS POWER PLANTS IN OPERATION......Page 1289
THE BAMBOO: RAW MATERIAL FOR PAPER INDUSTRIES OR FERMENTATION INDUSTRIES......Page 1294
ISSUES RELATED TO INTRODUCTION OF ENERGY-CANE TO LATIN AMERICA......Page 1299
THE POTENTIAL FOR ALCOHOL AS A FUEL FOR SPARK IGNITION ENGINES IN TANZANIA......Page 1304
BIOGAS AS FUEL: THE ADAPTATION OF A TRACTOR DIESEL ENGINE AND A SMALL SPARK IGNITION ENGINE TO BIOGAS OPERATION......Page 1310
THE USE OF GAS FROM BIOMASS IN ENGINES EXPERIENCES......Page 1316
AQUATIC BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND PISCICULTURAL WASTE STABILIZATION......Page 1321
UNDERSTANDING REFUSE DECOMPOSITION PROCESSES TO IMPROVE LANDFILL GAS ENERGY POTENTIAL......Page 1327
-ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND ENERGY RECOVERYDECOMPOSITION GAS FROM THE BERLIN-WANNSEE MUNICIPAL WASTE DISPOSAL SITE......Page 1333
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF WESTE MANAGEMENT......Page 1338
SEWAGE SLUDGE AS ENERGY SOURCE......Page 1342
FLAME DEVELOPMENT IN SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES BURNING LEAN METHANOL MIXTURES......Page 1346
RUBBER SEED OIL FOR DIESEL ENGINES IN SRI LANKA......Page 1352
NEW DIRECT INJECTION DIESEL ENGINE DEVELOPMENT FOR USING VEGETABLE OIL AS A FUEL......Page 1360
OPTIMISATION OF THE SPARK ADVANCE IN BIOGAS ENGINES......Page 1367
AUTHOR INDEX......Page 1371
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 1382
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS......Page 1389