Technical Reports and Tools

Latest Technical Reports and Tools in Biorefining

• Measuring the energy and greenhouse gas balances of biofuels and bio-based chemicals using LCA, NNFCC 12-023

  02 May 2012

  This report investigates the importance of allocation procedures in reporting and understanding energy and greenhouse gas balances from life cycle assessment of biofuels and bio-based chemicals.

  PDF, 578 kB

• IEA Bioenergy - Task 42 Biorefinery: Biobased Chemicals - value added products from biorefineries

  28 Feb 2012

  This report, prepared on behalf of IEA Bioenergy - Task 42 Biorefinery, addresses the main bio-based chemicals that could potentially be co-produced with secondary energy carriers in integrated biorefinery facilities.

  PDF, 997 kB

• NNFCC Project Executive Summary: Capabilities and Opportunities for Joint Working on Biorefining and Industrial Biotechnology

  21 Jun 2011

  Norway and the UK can profit from collaborating in biorefining and industrial biotechnology.

  PDF, 414 kB

• Potential for BioSNG Production in the UK, NNFCC 10-008

  06 Jul 2010

  This project reviews the potential for bioSNG production and use in the UK, in terms of suitable technologies, feedstocks and plant locations, potential for economic competitiveness when used in heat and CHP applications, and local emissions impacts.

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• Analysis of GHG Emissions for Thermochemical BioSNG Production and Use in the UK, NNFCC 10-009

  06 Jul 2010

  This report analyses the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from thermochemical bio-synthetic natural gas (BioSNG) production and use in the United Kingdom (UK). GHG emissions of BioSNG production and use were assessed from various UK and imported biomass feedstocks, derived from various collection and processing techniques.

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• The Opportunity for the North East in Biomass Fractionation Technologies, NNFCC 10-003

  01 Oct 2009

  This report identifies the potential markets from biomass fractionation that can benefit North East region.

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• Review of Technologies for Gasification of Biomass and Wastes, NNFCC 09-008

  12 Jun 2009

  NNFCC commissioned E4tech to provide a review of current and emerging gasifier technologies that are suitable for liquid fuel production from syngas, including their type, characteristics, status, prospects and costs, together with their suitability for the UK, in terms of suitable feedstocks and scales.

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• The Biorefinery Opportunity - A North East England view, NNFCC 08-001

  28 Jul 2008

  A report on the opportunities for the development of a renewable raw material based process industry in North East England. The growth of interest and investment in biomass based processes to produce value added chemicals & fuels led the Regional Development Agency in North East England to seek to understand how it could react to the opportunity.

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• Feasibility of Second Generation Biodiesel Production in the UK, NNFCC 07-014

  31 Oct 2007

  Outlines for the first time the feasibility for Biomass to Liquids (BtL) as a second generation biofuel process for the UK. In collaboration with Nexant ChemSystems. Version with minor amendments released October 2007.

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• Mapping the Development of UK Biorefinery Complexes, NNFCC 07-008

  20 Jun 2007

  An overview of the potential for UK biorefinery development. In collaboration with Tamutech Consultancy. Literature review also available.

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