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Biomass-to-Chemicals Plants
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| Pollution Probe quotes an estimated 5.4 million Bone Dry Tons of wood residues are available each year, surplus to current production needs for other uses. |
Woodland 's CPR™ technology actively provides a solution to deal with global warming -- ethanol production from cellulose. CPR™ also produces industrial chemicals from renewables, a radical improvement over conventional processes which use natural gas as a sole feedstock.
The advantages of using CPR™ process for biomass residue conversion include:
- disposes of all types of cellulose-based residues, e.g. crop residues such as straw, stover, husks and wood residues or wastes such as shavings, bark, sawdust and beetle-infested wood
- consumption of modest amounts of renewable biomass for process heating
- high energy recovery -- ethanol or industrial chemicals and electricity
- no toxic emissions or residues
- carbon dioxide emissions (when present) are environmentally neutral
- high economic return
Inputs
- biomass (cellulose-based residues, see above)
- natural gas (optional)
- biomass for heating (optional)
- electrical energy
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Outputs
Marketable
- ethanol (fuel grade), or
- industrial chemicals, e.g. acetic acid
- water
- electrical power (optional)
Other outputs
- inert solid residues (can be landfilled)
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