Biomass renewable carbon resource

Renewable carbon resources is a misnomer the earth s carbon is in a perpetual state of flux. Carbon is not consumed such that it is no longer available in any form. Reversible and irreversible chemical reactions occur in such a manner that the carbon cycle makes all forms of carbon, including fossil resources, renewable. It is simply a matter of time that makes one carbon from more renewable than another. If it is presumed that replacement does in fact occur, natural processes eventually will replenish depleted petroleum or natural gas deposits in several million years. Eixed carbon-containing materials that renew themselves often enough to make them continuously available in large quantities are needed to maintain and supplement energy suppHes biomass is a principal source of such carbon. 

III. DISTRIBUTION OF RENEWABLE CARBON RESOURCES AND BIOMASS ABUNDANCE... 

III. Distribution of Renewable Carbon Resources and Biomass Abundance... 

Use of Biomass for Hydrogen Production or as a Renewable Carbon Resource... 

This review of the concept of utilizing biomass energy shows that when sufficient supplies of renewable carbon are available, virgin and waste biomass have the potential of becoming basic energy resources. Presuming that suitable conversion processes are available, and that the demand for energy and estab-... 

Biomass resources will become more important in the future as alternatives to fossil resources, which will be exhausted sooner or later. The features of biomass arc renewable, carbon-neutral, and abundant. However, these resources have not been utilized efficiently and their unused portions are wasted in the world, Human beings are, thus, urged to develop efficient utilization technology of biomass, especially cellulosic biomass resources. 

Systems thinking promotes innovations that bridge societal/market needs and health, safety, and environmental impacts Feedstocks are diversified and renewable to avoid resource depletion Renewable carbon sources (e.g., biomass (e.g., plants, trees, etc.) converted to sugars or other simpler molecules. 

Biomass such as lignocellulose (e.g., woods and grasses) and aquatic resources (e.g., seaweeds and microalgae) is the only renewable carbon source for the production of chemicals, materials, and fuels. Decreasing fossil resources, global warming, and environmental... 

However, if we use annually renewable crops or biomass as the feedstocks for manufacturing our carbon based polymers, chemicals, and fuels, the rate at which CO2 is fixed equals the rate at which it is consumed and liberated - this is sustainable and the use of annually renewable crops/biomass would allows us to manage carbon in a sustainable manner. Furthermore, if we manage our biomass resources effectively by making sure that we plant more biomass (trees, crops) than we utilize, we can begin to start reversing the CO2 rate equation and move towards a net balance between CO2 fixation/sequestration and release due to consumption. Thus, using annually renewable carbon feedstocks allows for ... 

These products can be fairly easily processed into high-quality diesel and jet fuel in theory, any source of carbon can be used to generate synthesis gas. These facts along with the growing need for petroleum alternatives have renewed interest in FT synthesis. During the twentieth century, the FT process was used to produce fuels from coal in large and costly reactors. Recently, this megasize approach has been applied to world-scale GTL plants in Qatar. However, to tap abundant biomass resources and stranded natural gas reserves, a smaller scale, yet economically viable, FT process is needed. 

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