TITLE: Transportation Fuels from Wood.

AUTHOR: E. G. Baker;   D. C. Elliott;   D. J. Stevens.

INST.  AUTHOR: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA.

SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

LANGUAGE: English

PUB.  TYPE: Technical Report

PUB.  COUNTRY: United States

SOURCE: Department of Energy [DE],  1980,  14p.

NOTES: Miami international conference on alternative energy sources, Miami Beach, FL, USA, 15 Dec 1980.

ABSTRACT:

The various methods of producing transportation fuels from wood are evaluated in this paper. These methods include direct liquefaction schemes such as hydrolysis/fermentation, pyrolysis, and thermochemical liquefaction. Indirect liquefaction techniques involve gasification followed by liquid fuels synthesis such as methanol synthesis or the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The cost of transportation fuels produced by the various methods are compared. In addition, three ongoing programs at Pacific Northwest Laboratory dealing with liquid fuels from wood are described. (ERA citation 06:012105)

REPORT  NUMBER: CONF-801210-18

CONTRACT  NUMBER: AC06-76RL01830