Biofuels biogas production

Bioreactors are typically considered vessels that produce products in a controlled manner via biological conversion. These systems convert materials (substrates) by influencing metabolic pathways to transform materials into products of interest (Williams 2002). Microbial bioreactors have been used for many years to produce products such as cheese, wine, beer, and bread through traditional fermentation, a process that was studied in depth by the famous microbiologist Louis Pasteur. Current technologies not only produce these products, but also a variety of other products such as industrial solvents (biofuels), biogas, acids, sugars, vitamins, antibiotics, and enzymes for bioconversion processes, as well as other primary and secondary metabolites (Williams 2(X)2 Ullmann 2007). 

In Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria, biomass could be used for the production and export of biofuels or biogas, for local heating or decentralised electricity generation. 

We may differentiate between direct conversion of biomass into bioenergy (electricity and heat, solid fuels from biogenic wastes and residues, biogas, etc.) and biofuels. Catalysis has a minor role in the first case but is a critical element in the production of biofuels. However, notably, there are also potentially interesting developments related to bioenergy. 

Based on this ability to manipulate the algal composition, these organisms can be used for the production of different types of biofuel. For example, those algae which are rich in hpids are better suited for the production of bio-oil or biodiesel those rich in starch can be used for alcoholic fermentations to afford ethanol and those rich in proteins and starch can be used for the production of biogas. 

Indirect production routes via the reforming of the produced biofuels (e.g. biogas, bio-oil) ... 

For bio-energy resources, residues from households and food industry are available year roimd, and fresh biomass, whether harvested or collected, can usually be stored, so that conversion may take place at a time convenient for the conversion capacity or desirable from the point of view of users. The scenario use of biomass is primarily for production of biogas, liquid biofuels such as methanol or eventually hydrogen. 

Another example regards an aspect discussed before on the sustainability of land use for biofuels. We have already remarked the various problems in this analysis that can be summarized, in a simplified form, in reply to the question which use is the most sustainable for one ha of land. There are different possible options to produce (i) bioliquids (by fast pyrolysis), bioethanol or biodiesel, (ii) food, (iii) chemicals, (iv) electricity or (v) to feed animals. There are more options (e.g., biogas) but the present already allow a good comparison, although theoretical (land productivity depends on several factors and, for example, palms to produce the vegetable oil raw material for biodiesel is not locally in competition with the production of bioethanol from biomasses for which different climate and land characteristics are required). 

Figure 4. Energy production in the form of biofuels (straw and biogas), metabolisable energy in crops and fossil energy use for crop production ...

Both biomethane production paths complement one another in an ideal way. While the thermo-chemical route focuses on solid biofuels e.g. wood, straw) the bio-chemical route uses wet biomass e.g. animal manure, maize silage). The latter will be realized with plant capacities in the one-digit thermal MW-scale and the former in the two- to three-digit MW-scale. The provided product is basically similar and can be used together with natural gas in any mixture. The erection of the biogas and Bio-SNG conversion plants can be planned directly at the established gas grid. 

A more recent survey comprehending the biofuels ethanol, methanol, biodiesel, and biogas has been commissioned in 2007 by Swiss federal administration (Bun-desamt fur Energje BFE, Bundesamt fur Umwelt BAFU, Bundesamt fiir Land-wirtschaft BLW) in 2007 [25]. It not only covers Swiss production but also biomass... 

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Industry and Business Sectors. The major products of the biofuel industry are ethanol, biodiesel, and biogas therefore, research in industry has concentrated mainly on these biofuels. Some small businesses in the biofuel industry include startup research and development companies that study feedstocks (such as cellulose) and approaches for production of biofuels at competitive prices. These companies, many of which are funded by investment firms or government agencies, analyze biofuel feedstocks, looking for new feedstocks or modifying existing ones (corn, sugarcane, or rapeseed). 

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