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Biomass is an interesting source of energy, as it has the greatest potential to offset a great deal of fossil energy and greenhouse gases. By cutting off the fossil carbon in the carbon cycle, the biomass plants are able to fix exactly as much CO2 from the air as can be extracted from the biomass crop, leaving a relatively carbon neutral energy source. Currently two thirds of biomass energy is consumed for cooking and heating in developing countries, simply combusting the carbonaceous material for heat.
AG has worked on the development of technology & processes for the production of BioFuel from bio-material, such as leaves, tree branches, crop, plant trunks, Stovall, dead grass, hay straws, (anything that is naturally green under the sun), used tire waste asphalt and MSW. Such bio-mass (feedstock) can be converted to light diesel using AG’s technology & processes through fermentation and conversion processes. Recent breakthrough in technology and processes will be revolutionary and instrumental in the refining of very high sulfur content crude oil into gasoline. The biofuel which is generated from the processing of these feedstock materials is used to power systems and equipment which usually rely on fuel oil / diesel.
Biological fermentation processes can also be used to process biomass fuels. Several biomass options have been considered for varying agricultural yields, and several fermentation processes have been commercialized for processing sugars, or cellulose, or lignose derived from the biomass.
Biomass technology and its application anticipate a permanent and prominent niche in the world’s energy and waste disposal infrastructure. However, a major downside of many biomass applications is that an agricultural crop must be diverted from food supply chain in large quantities at an ever-increasing rate in order to meet the exponentially increasing energy demands. Another problem relates to the limited, yet expensive, net energy gained by some processes, such as the production of ethanol from corn.
The breakthrough, in looking at biomass energy conversion technologies, recognizes that the biomass feed going into a gasifier (or fermentation system) only has value in its long chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms. The best way for biomass gasification to become a significant factor in meeting our domestic energy needs is to identify and develop more abundant, less costly sources of carbon and hydrogen which don’t detract from other necessary and beneficial uses. For instance, we can use the CO2 generated by AG Waste Gasification Systems to develop crops rich in energy value which are not associated with the food chain, such as blue algae which, in turn, become feedstock for the gasification process. The result is a stunning remarkable self-sustaining, ‘closed-loop’ fuel generation process.
Municipal Solid Waste and other forms of carbonaceous waste represent a valuable source of energy that is presently underutilized and for the most part ignored. Our nation produces approximately 4.5 pounds of waste per person per day, most of it destined for landfill sites. Each ton of municipal solid waste (MSW) converted into energy yields the energy equivalent of approximately one and one-half barrels of oil. A 200-ton per day plant, designed to convert MSW into thermal energy will produce the equivalent of approximately 300 barrels of oil per day, or almost 110,000 barrels per year.
AG possesses technologies and processes and has developed a business model for increasing domestic energy production and reducing a country’s reliance on foreign oil imports. Furthermore, if AG’s technology, processes and business models were to be applied across the US, we could produce on a sustainable basis the energy equivalent of more than 350 Million barrels of oil per annum from the nation’s waste streams.
An important key to resolving the supply side of a country’s energy crisis is to offset foreign fossil fuel imports with domestic, recoverable and renewable and sustainable resources. MSW and other forms of carbonaceous waste are abundant. Such waste forms are replenished daily, and are currently underutilized and undervalued throughout the world, including the United States.
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