Energy from Biomass

Methanol from wood; a review related to the proposals submitted to the Commission of the European Communities.- I — Methanol from Wood.- Synthetic fuel from biomass: the AVSA dual fluid bed combustor — gasifier project.- Gazéification du bois en lit fluidisé à l’oxygène et sous pression en vue de produire un gaz utilisable pour la synthèse du méthanol.- Development of the oxygen donor gasifier for conversion of wood to synthesis gas for eventual production of methanol.- Synthetic fuel from wood using steam and air.- Experimental work on a fixed-bed oxygen gasifier in the view of methanol synthesis using biomass as a feedstock.- Design and construction of a pressurized wood gasifier with heat input by oxygen combustion or by electrical heating.- Proposed 20 tonnes per day biomass gasification pilot plant.- Synthesis gas obtained from biomass.- Gasification of wood in the circulating fluidized bed — methanol production route.- II — Algae.- Biotechnologie solaire — Production et utilisation des algues.- Hydrocarbon production via cultivation of the alga botryococcus braunii.- Culture de l’algue botryococcus braunii à l’échelle pilote.- Fuel gas production by mariculture on land.