BIOSOLAR SYNFUELS FOR TRANSPORTATION

This paper presents a short review of biosolar sources of synthetic liquid fuels (synfuels) for transportation. There are a variety of ways to convert potentially large energy crops into fuels suitable for transportation use; e.g., liquid fuels such as methanol, ethanol, and pyrolytic oils. In addition, organic wastes are widely produced, and although they are still generally not considered a resource, there is little doubt that they will increasingly be recycled for their material and energy value. Major technical, social, economic, environmental, and political questions remain, and although the potential for biosolar transportation synfuels is large, it is still small compared to transportation energy demand. Because of their costs, early implementation of biosolar conversion schemes will likely not be in the area of transportation synfuels. (ERA citation 02:029074)

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Livermore

  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  Livermore, CA  United States  94550

  Energy Research and Development Administration

  20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Anderson, C J
• Publication Date: 1977-1-17

Media Info

• Pagination: 17 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biomass; Costs; Energy; Ethanol; Feasibility analysis; Fuel oils; Methane; Methanol; Motor fuels; Oils; Pyrolysis; Recycling; Syntheses; Synthesis (Chemistry); Synthetic fuels; Transportation; Wastes
• Old TRIS Terms: Anaerobic digestion
• Subject Areas: Energy; Geotechnology; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00166407
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: W-7405-ENG-48
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1978 12:00AM