A Long-Range Approach to the Natural Gas Shortage Utilizing Nonfossil Renewable Carbon*

Autor:	D. L. Klass
Rok vydání:	1977
Předmět:	Substitute natural gas Waste management business.industry General Chemical Engineering Energy Engineering and Power Technology Biomass Solar energy Commercialization Renewable energy Renewable natural gas Fuel Technology Natural gas Environmental science business Energy source Process engineering
Zdroj:	Energy Sources. 3:177-195
ISSN:	1521-0510 0090-8312
Popis:	Based on our present knowledge, the only long-term practical solution to sustaining a national economy on natural gas is to convert a major source of continuously renewable nonfossil carbon to substitute natural gas that is interchangeable with, or can be substituted for, natural gas. The most promising source of this carbon is land- and water-based biomass produced from solar energy by photosynthesis. An assessment of this concept is presented in this paper, and the major problems encountered in the development of the technology are reviewed. The technology for biomass production and conversion is sufficiently advanced so that break-throughs and discoveries of a fundamental nature are not required. Special emphasis is given to the importance of system design, biomass production, biomass conversion to SNG, economics, and energetics. A concept for the Net Energy Production Ratio of fully integrated systems is also presented. After suitable development, the commercialization of an SNG industry usin...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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