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Introduction About 12 billion tons of fossil fuels (oil equivalent) are consumed in the world in 2007 (OECD 2010) and these fuels influence the production of acid rain, photochemical smog, and the increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Researchers warn that the rise in the earth’s temperature resulting from increasing atmospheric concentrations of CO 2 is likely to be at least 1°C and perhaps as much as 4°C if the CO 2 concentration doubles from pre- industrial levels during the 21 st century (Brown et al. 2000). A second global problem is the likely depletion of fossil fuels in several decades even though new oil resources are being discovered. To address these issues, we need to identify alternative fuel resources. Stabilizing the earth’s climate depends on reducing carbon emissions by shifting from fossil fuels to the direct or indirect use of solar energy. Among the latter, utilization of biofuel is most beneficial because; 1) the solar energy that produces biomass is the final sustainable energy resource; 2) it reduces atmospheric CO 2 through photosynthesis and carbon sequestration; 3) even though combustion produces CO 2 , it does not increase total global CO 2 ; 4) liquid fuels, especially bioethanol and biomethanol, provide petroleum fuel alternatives for various engines and machines; 5) it can be managed to eliminate output of soot and SO x ; and 6) in terms of storage, it ranks second to petroleum and is far easier to store than batteries, natural gas and hydrogen. Utilization of biomass to date has been very limited and has primarily included burning wood and the production of bioethanol from sugarcane in Brazil or maize in the USA. The necessary raw materials for bioethanol production by fermentation are obtained from crop plants with high sugar or high starch content. Since these crops are primary sources of human nutrition, we cannot use them indiscriminately for biofuel production when the * Masayasu Sakai 2 , Toshirou Harada 3 , Toshimitsu Ichinose 4 , Keiji Takeno 4 , Shinji Matsumoto 4 , Makoto Kobayashi 5 , Keigo Matsumoto 4 and Kenichi Yakushido 6 2 Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science 3 Forestry and Forest Production Research Institute 4 Nagasaki Research and Development Center, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ltd. 5 National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO 6 National Agricultural Research Center, NARO Japan Biofuel's Engineering Process Technology 716 demand for food keeps increasing as global population increases. Although fermentation of lignocellulosic materials, such as wood of poplar (Populus spp.) (Wyman et al. 2009), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) (Keshwani and Cheng 2009) and Miscanthus (Miscanthus spp.) (Sørensen et al. 2008), straw of rice (Oryza sativa) (Binod 2010), old trunks of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) (Kosugi et al. 2010) are being attempted by improving pre-treatment of the materials, yeast and enzymes, establishment of the technology with low cost and high ethanol yield will be required. Recently, a new method of gasification by partial oxidation and production of biomethanol from carbohydrate resources has been developed (Sakai 2001). This process enables any source of biomass to be used as a raw material for biomethanol production. We report on the estimated gas mixture and methanol yield using this new technology for biofuel production from gasification of diverse biomass resources, such as wood, forages, and crop residues etc. Data obtained from test plant operation is also provided. 2. Gasification technology and the test plants The idea and technology of gasification systems that generate soot and tar is not new. Our methods of gasification technology through partial oxidation and implementation of a new high calorie gasification technology, has been developed focusing on the perfect gasification at 900-1,000°C without the production of soot and tar. The result of these technologies is the production of a superior mixture of biogases for producing liquid biofuels through thermo- chemical reaction with Zn/Cu-based catalyst or electricity through generator. The first test plant, named “Norin Green No. 1 (the “Norin” means Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Japanese; later renamed as “Norin Biomass No. 1”)” was completed on April 18, 2002 and second plant with a new high calorie gasification technology, named “Norin Biomass No. 3” was completed in March in 2004. 2.1 Gasification technology of partial oxidation Figure 1 shows the concept of our new method of gasification by partial oxidation. This production of biomethanol from carbohydrate (Sakai 2001) has been given the term “C1 Fig. 1. Principle of methanol synthesis by gasification method (the C1 chemical transformation technology) Biomethanol Production from Forage Grasses, Trees, and Crop Residues 717 chemical transformation technology”. In this process, the biomass feedstock must be dried and crushed into powder (ca. 1mm in diameter). When the crushed materials are gasified at 900-1000°C with gasifying agent (steam and oxygen), all carbohydrates are transformed to hydrogen (H 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and vapor (H 2 O). The mixture of gases is readily utilized for generating electricity. The mixture of gases is transformed by thermo-chemical reaction to biomethanol under pressure (40-80 atm) with Cu/Zn-based catalyst, too. That is, CO + 2H 2 ⇄ CH 3 OH + Q (Radiation of heat) CO 2 + 3H 2 ⇄ CH 3 OH + H 2 O + Q (Radiation of heat) All the ash contained in the materials is collected in the process (Fig. 2). This process enables any source of biomass to be used as a raw material for biomethanol production. Fig. 2. Gasification and biomethanol synthesis system (Nakagawa et al. 2007) 2.1.1 Materials and methods Twenty materials were tested: 1) sawdust (wood of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica), without bark, was isolated by passing through a 2 mm mesh sieve); 2) rice bran (Oryza sativa: cv. Koshihikari); 3) rice straw (cv. Yumehitachi: only the inflorescences are harvested in September and the plants were left in the field until cutting in December); 4) rice husks (cv. Koshihikari: rice was threshed in October and kept in plastic bags following typical Biofuel's Engineering Process Technology 718 post-harvest practices); 5) sorghum heads (Sorghum bicolor: var. Chugoku Kou 34 (medium maturing hybrid line between a male sterile grain sorghum line and sudangrass; with mature seeds at ripened stage); 6) leaf and stem of sorghum (ibid.; at ripened stage, cut to a length of 30 cm and dried in a dryer for 7 days at 70°C); 7) total plant of sorghum (ibid.); 8) sorghum (cv. Kazetachi; extremely late maturing dwarf type; before flowering); 9) sorghum (cv. Ultra sorgo; late maturing tall type; heading stage); 10) sorghum (cv. Green A; medium maturing hybrid between sudangrass and grain sorghum; heading stage); 11) sorghum (cv. Big Sugar: late maturing tall sweet sorghum: milk-ripe stage); 12) guineagrass (Panicum maximum cv. Natsukaze ; heading stage); 13) rye (Secale cereale cv. Haru-ichiban; heading stage); 14) Japanese lawngrass (Zoysia japonica cv. Asamoe; before flowering); 15) Erianthus sp. Line NS-1; heading stage; 16) bark of Japanese cedar; 17) chipped Japanese larch (Larix leptolepis); 18) bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); 19) salix (Salix sachalinensis and S. pet-susu); 20) cut waste wood: sawn wood and demolition waste (raw material for particle board). Characteristics important for gasification were evaluated for the above materials: 1) Water content and ash were measured following drying at 107 ± 10°C for 1 hour; then followed by combustion at 825 ± 10°C for 1 hour; 2) Percent carbon (C), hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), total sulfur (T-S), and total chloride (T-Cl): C and H weights were estimated by CO 2 and H 2 O weight after combustion at 1,000 ± 10°C by adding oxygen. The estimate of O was calculated by the equation, O = 100 – (C + H + T-S + T-Cl); estimates of N were determined by the amount of ammonia produced by oxidation with sulfuric acid to generate ammonium sulfate. Following distillation, total sulfur was estimated by SO 2 following combustion at 1,350°C with oxygen. Total chloride was estimated by the water soluble remains following combustion with reagent and absorption of the gas; 3) The higher heating values were measured by the rise in temperature in water from all the heat generated through combustion. The lower heating value was estimated by the calculation (the higher heating value – (9×h+w)×5.9) [h: hydrogen content (%); w: water content (%)]; 4) Chemical composition (molecular) of the biomass was calculated based on molecular weight of the elements; 5) Size distribution of the various biomass types was measured (diameter, density of materials [g/ml]); 6) Gas yield and generated heat gas were estimated by the process calculation on the basis of chemical composition and the heating value. Heat yield or cold gas efficiency was calculated by (total heating value of synthesized gases)/(total heating value of supplied biomass); 7) The weight and calories generated as methanol, given a production gasifier capacity of 100 tons dry biomass/day, were estimated by the process calculation. These data were obtained in different years. 2.1.2 Results and discussion Water and ash content for some materials evaluated are shown in Fig. 3. The materials were prepared in various ways. Water contents ranged from 3.4% (wood waste) to 13.1% (bark). Water content of sorghum was low (4.6%) because this material was dried in a mechanical drier. The other materials were not mechanically dried and the water content averaged ca. 10%. Although individual elements are not reported, the ash content of wood materials, such as sawdust, bark, chip, and bamboo was very low, 0.3% for sawdust, 1.8% for bark, and 2.2% for wood waste. Although the ash content of rice straw and husks was very high (22.6% and 14.6%), probably due to the high Si content of rice plants, the ash content of rice bran was much lower (8.1%). The ash content of sorghum plant was 5.8%. The percent by weight of some elements in the raw materials are shown in Fig. 4 and Table 1. Carbon content was high in wood materials and averaged 48.3% for wood waste and 51.8% for bark. Rice bran carbon content was 48.3% and sorghum carbon content was ca. Biomethanol Production from Forage Grasses, Trees, and Crop Residues 719 45%. Carbon content of rice straw and husks were lower at 36.9 and 40.0%, respectively. Four sorghum cultivars with different plant types exhibited a narrow range of carbon content (45.5 - 46.1%). Carbon content of the sorghum heads (with seeds), is higher than leaf and stem of sorghum (with lignin) by 2.3%. Rye, Japanese lawngrass and Erianthus exhibited slightly higher carbon content and guineagrass was at the lower end of the range. The numbers of materials are same as those in Materials and Methods. Saw dust (1); Bark (16); Chip (17); Bamboo (18); Salix (19); Waste (20); Rice Bran (2); Rice straw (3); sorghum (7). Fig. 3. Content of water and ash in materials (Nakagawa et al. 2007). Materials The numbers of materials are same as those in Materials and Methods. C: carbon; H: hydrogen; O: oxygen; N: nitrogen; T-S: total sulfur; T-Cl: total chloride; Saw dust (1); Bark (16); Chip (17); Bamboo (18); Salix (19); Waste (20); Rice Bran (2); Rice straw (3); sorghum (7) Fig. 4. Content of some elements in materials without water (% by weight) (Nakagawa et al. 2007). Biofuel's Engineering Process Technology 720 Hydrogen content ranged from 4.7 to 7.0% for rice straw and rice bran, respectively. Although rice bran had the highest hydrogen content, the others were only marginally different and the range of wood materials was narrow (from 5.6 to 5.9% for bark and salix, respectively). Oxygen content ranged between 32.5% and 43.9% for rice straw and salix, respectively with wood materials and sorghum in the higher range. Nitrogen content was between 0.12% (sawdust) and 2.44% (rice bran), with wood materials exhibiting low values except for wood waste (1.92%). Nitrogen contents of sorghum cultivars ranged from 0.80 to 1.30 % and sorghum heads exhibited 1.68%. The sulfur content was very low in all of the materials and ranged between 0.02% (sawdust) and 0.30% (Japanese lawngrass). Chlorine content ranged from 0.01% (sawdust) to 1.31% (rye). These data demonstrates that these materials are much cleaner than coal and other fossil fuels and, we expect chemical properties of harvested tropical grasses to be similar to the grasses used in this report. Biomass Materials C H O N T-Cl T-S Ash Sawdust (1) 51.1 5.9 42.5 0.12 0.01 0.02 0.3 Rice bran (2) 48.3 7.0 33.0 2.44 0.05 0.21 8.1 Rice straw (3) 36.9 4.7 32.5 0.30 0.08 0.06 22.6 Rice husk (4) 40.0 5.2 37.3 0.76 0.41 0.22 14.6 Sorghum Head(5) 46.7 6.1 40.7 1.68 0.08 0.14 4.3 Leaf and Stem of Sorghum (6) 44.4 5.8 42.9 0.45 0.23 0.15 5.8 Sorghum ‘Kazetachi’ (8) 45.7 5.8 39.5 1.30 0.78 0.08 6.2 Sorghum ‘Ultra sorgo’ (9) 45.5 5.7 41.6 0.80 0.79 0.03 5.4 Sorghum ‘Green A’ (10) 46.1 5.7 40.6 1.20 0.57 0.04 5.5 Sorghum ‘Big sugar’ (11) 45.9 5.7 41.2 1.00 0.50 0.05 5.4 Guineagrass (12) 42.8 5.4 37.9 1.50 0.89 0.11 10.4 Rye ‘Haruichiban’ (13) 45.7 5.8 39.2 1.40 1.21 0.07 6.2 Japanese lawngrass ‘Asamoe’ (14) 46.4 6.1 37.9 2.15 0.43 0.30 6.4 Erianthus sp. Line ‘NS-1’ (15) 47.1 6.1 42.3 0.80 0 0.22 3.5 C: carbon, H: hydrogen, O: oxygen, N: nitrogen, T-Cl: total chloride, T-S: Total sulfur Table 1. Content of some elements in dry matter (% by weight). (The numbers of materials are same as those in Materials and Methods) The higher and lower heating values of materials are shown in Fig. 5 and Table 2. Among the materials tested, the higher heating values of wood materials were high and ranged between 4,570 kcal/kg (sawdust: 19.13 MJ/kg) and 4,320 kcal/kg (bark: 18.08 MJ/kg). Rice bran was also high (4,520 kcal/kg: 18.92 MJ/kg), although rice straw and husks were at the low end, 3,080 kcal/kg (12.89 MJ/kg) and 3,390 kcal/kg (14.19 MJ/kg), respectively. The higher heating value of total sorghum plant of Chugoku Kou 34 was intermediate among the materials evaluated and 3,940 kcal/kg. Sorghum cultivars exhibited mostly similar higher heating value of 17.4 MJ/kg. Molecular ratios of C, H and O in various materials are shown in Table 3. Most of the materials had similar ratios for C n H 2 O m (n between 1.28 and 1.54, and m between 0.87 and 0.93) except for rice bran which contains considerable quantities of lipid resulting in an n = [...]... Principle of a new high calorie gasification technology compared with gasification by partial oxidation technology Fig 12 Composition (bar chart) and higher heating value (line chart) of high calorie gasification gas (No 3), partial oxidation (No 1) and conventional gas generated by partial oxidation with air as gasifying agent No.1: “Norin Green No 1”: gasification by partial oxidation using O2 and H2O as... Bioresource Technology, 101, 4767-4774 732 Biofuel's Engineering Process Technology Brown, L R et al (2000) State of the world 2000, W W Norton & Company Ltd., New York, pp 276 Harada, Toshirou (2001) Utilization of wooden biomass resources as energy Farming Japan, 35-2, 34-39 Ishii, H., Takeno, K., Ichinose, T (2005) Development of integrated system of biomass gasification using partial oxidizing process. .. various materials tested, regardless of their heating values, was high and demonstrate the efficiency of this technology 724 Biofuel's Engineering Process Technology Materials The numbers of materials are same as those in Materials and Methods.Sawdust (1) ; Bark (16); Chip (17); Bamboo (18); Salix (19) ; Waste (20); Rice Bran (2); Rice straw (3); sorghum (7) daf: percentage of methanol weight to dry biomass... Ec, and the total gasification efficiency is ca 85% when this external heat is taken into account While the previous biomass gasification technology of “Norin Green No 1” test plant mentioned above uses the partial oxidation technology, this high-calorie gasification technology enables the production of a high-calorie gas fuel that was not possible with the conventional method due to the formation of... heating value of Materials (The numbers of materials are same as those in Materials and Methods) 722 Material Sawdust (1) Bark (16) Chips (17) Bamboo (18) Salix (19) Waste (20) Rice Bran (2) Rice Straw (3) Sorghum (7) Biofuel's Engineering Process Technology C (n) 1.44 1.54 1.39 1.42 1.38 1.42 1.15 1.31 1.28 H 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 O (m) 0.90 0.90 0.88 0.93 0.93 0.90 0.59 0.87 0.93 Table 3 Molecular ratios... 730 Biofuel's Engineering Process Technology 2.2.2 Basic high-calorie gasification reaction According to the results obtained by the operation, it has been confirmed that the output gas mixture possesses the properties indicated in Fig 12 As shown in the figure, high-calorie gas featuring 15-18MJ/Nm3, that could not be achieved by gasification by “Norin Green No 1” test plant through partial oxidation... countermeasure for industrial waste processing) 6 Fuel for boilers of greenhouse agriculture 7 Fuel for food processing industries by the use of residues produced in the process 8 Synthesis of biomethanol for BDF production, for batteries of direct methanol fuel cell (DMFT), and a liquid fuel mixed with gasoline for flexible fuel vehicles (FFV) Three “Norin biomass No 3” plants processing 4-6 dry t/day of... gasification of readily available biomass materials both by partial oxidation technology and by high calorie gasification technology could be optimized for generation of gas mixtures primarily composed of H2, CO and producing methanol yields ranging theoretically from ca 40 to 60% by dry weight A test plant utilizing gasification through partial oxidation with 2t/day gasifier can achieve a methanol... (16); Chip (17); Bamboo (18); Salix (19) ; Waste (20); Rice Bran (2); Rice straw (3); sorghum (7) Fig 5 Higher and lower heating value of materials (Nakagawa et al 2007) Biomass Materials HHV (MJ/kg) LHV (MJ/kg) Sawdust (1) 19. 13 17.66 Bark of Japanese Cedar (16) 18.08 16.65 Waste Wood (20) 19. 08 17.91 Rice Bran (2) 18.92 17.25 Rice Straw (3) 12.89 11.64 Rice Husk (4) 14 .19 12.89 Sorghum Head(5) 17.41 15.99... gasification reaction” 727 Biomethanol Production from Forage Grasses, Trees, and Crop Residues Gasifier: entrainedtype; processing 240 dry kg/day of biomass Method: gasification through partial oxidation Gasifying Agent: O2, H2O Pressure/temp.: Standard pressure/7501100°C Methanol Synthesis: processing equivalent to 50 dry kg/day of biomass Method: Cu/Znbased catalyst Pressure/temp.: 3-12 MPa/180250°C Fig . energy crops using the FIRSST process. 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